Mollie-may is a contemporary textile artist whose practice explores the relationship between observation, material and place. Through an ongoing process of collecting and recording the visual language of everyday environments, she investigate how overlooked patterns, geometric forms and spatial rhythms can be translated into tactile textile works.

Working across knit, cloth and stitch, her practice begins with close observation. Architectural details, repetitive structures, surfaces and moments encountered through daily walks are gathered into an evolving research archive before being distilled into abstract compositions. Through slow, hand-led processes, she explores how repetition can become both a method of making and a way of paying attention.

Her work is informed by feminist perspectives on textiles, considering the historical associations of knitting, weaving and cloth with women's labour, domesticity and care. She is interested in how these traditionally overlooked practices can be recontextualised within contemporary textile art, where making becomes a space for reflection as well as material investigation. Themes of quietness, solitude and attentiveness run throughout her practice, shaped by the rhythm of repetitive hand-making.

Working primarily with natural fibres and found materials she creates tactile works that invite slower looking and encourage a closer engagement with material, structure and form.

Graduated with a BA (Hons) in Fashion Design from Nottingham Trent University. Her practice has since evolved towards contemporary textile art through an ongoing exploration of knit, cloth and textile-based processes.

Currently an artist in residence at Hypha Studios, Kentish Town, where she works as part of a multidisciplinary community of artists.