My work in textiles, mixed media, embroidery, and sculpture explores inner landscapes and how they shape our sense of home and our environment. I create tactile, layered, and three-dimensional works that encapsulate and express physical and emotional elements, inside out and outside in.
As an architect the study of volume and geometry is embedded in my practice. Repurposed, discarded materials, their energy, vibrations, and history are my preferred resources. I draw inspiration from the essence of what is considered waste, and my process includes a lot of experimentation and is slow and meditative.
I work with different media: paper, metal, plaster, stitched and hand dyed textiles, wax and clay. My personal projects have been an exploration of the boundaries between sculpture, drawing, geometry and the natural world.
I am inspired by Isamu Noguchi’s search for the essence of materials, Beppe Kessler’s boundless imagination and transformations, and Demitra Thomloudis’s deconstruction of constructed elements.
![*Stargazer*, stitched and seared maple veneer and painted linen, 12cm diameter folded](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/cecilia-lopez-naughton/09dafd80b2-1684670616/1-clopeznaughton-stargazer1-1500x-q90.jpg)
Stargazer, stitched and seared maple veneer and painted linen, 12cm diameter folded
![*Dancers*, miscellaneous stitched and folded paper, installation view](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/cecilia-lopez-naughton/3c159f553e-1684674047/2-clopeznaughton-dancers-1500x-q90.jpg)
Dancers, miscellaneous stitched and folded paper, installation view
![*Stargazer*, necklace, stitched and seared maple veneer and painted linen (reversible), 20cm diameter folded](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/cecilia-lopez-naughton/ed3e89bfbd-1684670616/3-clopeznaughton-stargazer2-1500x-q90.jpg)
Stargazer, necklace, stitched and seared maple veneer and painted linen (reversible), 20cm diameter folded
![*Storyteller*, stitched and folded cotton organdie & vilene, wax and linen, aluminium wire, installation view, 30 x 50 x 30cm](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/cecilia-lopez-naughton/4c2dd72335-1684670616/5-clopeznaughton-storyteller1-1500x-q90.jpg)
Storyteller, stitched and folded cotton organdie & vilene, wax and linen, aluminium wire, installation view, 30 x 50 x 30cm
![*Outside in and inside out*, printed cotton organdie coat, folded and stitched, double layer silk dress, printed, hand painted and devore print](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/cecilia-lopez-naughton/6545321a98-1684670616/6-clopeznaughton-inside-out-and-outside-in-1500x-q90.jpg)
Outside in and inside out, printed cotton organdie coat, folded and stitched, double layer silk dress, printed, hand painted and devore print
![*Tesselations*, reversible belt/scarf/collar, printed, folded and stitched cotton organdie, 30 x 100cm](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/cecilia-lopez-naughton/d54fbe2983-1684670616/7-clopeznaughton-tesselations-1500x-q90.jpg)
Tesselations, reversible belt/scarf/collar, printed, folded and stitched cotton organdie, 30 x 100cm
![*Body Armour*, folded and flattened aluminium and copper wire, 42 x 32 x 7mm](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/cecilia-lopez-naughton/665a01c420-1684670616/8-20230503-161404-1500x-q90.jpg)
Body Armour, folded and flattened aluminium and copper wire, 42 x 32 x 7mm
![*Fields*, Ebony and copper, riveted, 9 x 5 x 1cm](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/cecilia-lopez-naughton/78a7869bc5-1684673888/9-clopeznaughton-fields-1500x-q90.jpg)
Fields, Ebony and copper, riveted, 9 x 5 x 1cm
![*Storyteller,* stitched & folded vilene and cotton organdie, wax, 30 x 45 x 30cm](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/cecilia-lopez-naughton/19f3755b78-1684675389/10-clopeznaughton-storyteller2-1500x-q90.jpg)
Storyteller, stitched & folded vilene and cotton organdie, wax, 30 x 45 x 30cm
![*Hold me*, pine and walnut cut offs, linen and cotton thread, sea glass, 8 x 5 x 1 cm. Photograph by David Monaghan](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/cecilia-lopez-naughton/b5450f1d15-1684670616/10-img-9516-1500x-q90.jpg)
Hold me, pine and walnut cut offs, linen and cotton thread, sea glass, 8 x 5 x 1 cm. Photograph by David Monaghan