Where art becomes healing — and healing becomes a legacy of love.
(Photo: Our daughter at two weeks — tiny, brave, and already teaching us what beauty truly means.)
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Because every smile carries a story — and every story deserves to be whole.
I was born with a cleft lip — a visible difference that shaped the way I expressed myself, the way I connected, and the way the world saw me.
Years later, holding my newborn daughter in my arms, I saw the same story reflected back. She, too, was born with a cleft lip.
In that instant, everything shifted.
I was no longer just the child who lived it — I became the mother guiding another through it.
What followed was a path woven with surgeries, fear, healing, fierce love, surrender, and grace. Through each step, I began to see the body differently — not as something to be “fixed,” but as something sacred. Whole. Worthy.
That realisation lives inside everything I create.
My artworks are offerings — sculptural pauses designed to soothe, deepen presence, and honour the quiet strength we carry. They are reminders that we are already enough, already complete.
And through this work, I give back.
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Why Operation Smile Australia:
A portion of every artwork supports Operation Smile Australia, providing free, life-changing cleft surgeries for children across the world — children who deserve the same chance my daughter received, the same chance I received.
Because giving back smiles
is giving back dignity.
is giving back confidence.
is giving back childhood.
is giving back light.
This isn’t strategy.
And it isn’t branding.
This is personal.
It’s my story.
My daughter’s story.
And — with your support — part of every child’s story still waiting to be rewritten with hope.
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Before: A wide, fearless, untouched smile — the one she arrived with.
During: The courage of a tiny body wrapped in hospital gowns, heart pressed against mine, moving into the unknown.
After: A new smile — tender, swollen, full of possibility and grace.
A sacred journey of transformation. A story of love in motion🤍
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Thank you - Your support creates change
When you invest in my work, you support more than art for intentional interiors —
you help create life-changing surgeries that rebuild smiles, futures, and families.
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👉 Learn more: Operation Smile Australia
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