Research

Metaphysics

Research turns to what is shared across cultures — and to what usually escapes notice beneath appearance. Symbols and invisible experience become material that can be translated into form.

Through observation, Sia.L asks: what exists beneath what we see? Not a single answer, but a reading of signs — form often appears in practice before it is named.

Observation and dream imagery supply the raw material. She records both as working notes for artistic creation.

Not belief illustrated — a sharper sensitivity, and form that can hold narrative.

Sia.L sketching outdoors in Edinburgh — Edinburgh, UK

Field note / photograph

Photography

Street toward cathedral in Edinburgh — Edinburgh, UK

Observation

Textile experiment hung by a window in Yunnan — Yunnan, China

Material study

Receipts, incense and a card reading with desire — London, UK

Still life / note

Central Saint Martins backstage in London — London, UK

Central Saint Martins backstage

Daily

Daily drawings — observation and dream imagery held in line before they become wearables.

Totem drawing in marker on canvas board — Totem, 2021

China

Canvas board, marker

Pencil study after visiting the V&A — After the V&A, 2023

London, UK

Pencil, sketch paper

Design sketch in ballpoint pen on sketch paper — Design Study, 2026

London, UK

Ballpoint pen, sketch paper