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Heather’s work illustrates an interest in both the traditions and materiality of felt, issues of concealment, the duality of absence and presence and the personal gaps that appear or develop in our memory of places and of people.
Felt is a material that has a direct connection to early body coverings.  The garments depicted in Heather’s work are not wearable.  They are caught in a felted web framework, and yet they break into a third dimension. 
Felt could be seen as a literal metaphor for the skin, it protects and insulates and thus could be seen to reference both the interior and exterior dimension of the body as subject.

The most recent work demonstrates a return to an interest in the traditions of ‘Still Life’ painting.  Domestic objects such as cups and bowls are drawn, literally with the coloured wool into the felt or printed on to the surface to create painterly images.  As with clothing, familiar household objects and treasured possessions can remind us of the proximity of the human figure, yet they too can make us aware of a threat of loss or dislocation.