Entangled Origins

Hi, I’m Abigail, artist, maker, and founder of FOTU, Fabric of the Universe.

FOTU is my way of exploring the patterns that connect everything, from the tiniest cell structures to the way rivers branch, the veins in an eye, the paths of tributaries, the shapes of slime moulds. I’m obsessed with how these natural patterns repeat themselves everywhere, and how they mirror our psychology, our memories, and the way we form relationships and communities.

I’m always looking for these connections, in nature, in people, in movement. For me, the question is always: What is the point of life? Why do we exist? And the patterns I collect feel like clues. A secret code to the world.

 

This is why I work with mesh (as well as it mirroring a grid like structure which feels like a foundation for universal exploration) and why my pieces flow instead of being rigid or overly structured. I barely use patterns when I make things. I let instinct guide me, and nothing is perfectionistic. I’m inspired by the way water moves, fluid, unpredictable, alive, and how that same flow shows up in almost all natural structures.

 

 

The prints stay abstract on purpose. I want you to find your own meaning in them, the same way I’m always looking for mine. The colours are saturated and intense because that’s how I experience the world, I’m sensitive to colour, almost overwhelmed by it sometimes, but I love it - and life (which I also find pretty intense) deeply. FOTU is me trying to map the threads of the world, to work out what the “fabric of the universe” might look like. It’s an ongoing conversation between nature, movement, and human feeling. What is the fabric of us, I and you? What is the fabric of the universe? Let’s explore it! Im excited.

 

ACIDIC, HANDMADE, ALIVE

 

I’ve always been drawn to the pulse of London’s music scene, from packed basement clubs to open-air festival fields. It’s in the bass you feel in your chest, the way lights blur into colour trails, the moments where you’re surrounded by hundreds of people yet feel a strange, electric intimacy. That sensory mix, sound bleeding into colour, movement into texture, is stitched into FOTU’s DNA. The early collections came out loud and acidic because that’s how I experience music: saturated, unpredictable, impossible to pin down. I design pieces that can keep up with you, whether you’re dancing for hours, running between stages, or just melting into the crowd. They’re for all bodies, because music doesn’t care about your shape, only your energy. When you wear FOTU, you’re wearing something alive, shifting with you, tuned to whatever sound you’re moving to.

COLOUR AS FEELING

I experience emotions in colour, it’s how my brain processes the world. A burst of joy might show up as a swirling neon orange sun in a deep blue, while quiet sadness might sink into purple from a green origin. It’s not something I think about, it’s just how I navigate feelings.

This way of seeing naturally flows into my work with FOTU. The saturated prints and intense palettes aren’t a design choice first, they’re how those emotions translate when I put them into fabric. Over time, I realised this approach could also help others explore their own inner worlds.

That’s why I began running art and wellness workshops, using colour and creativity as tools for processing and expressing emotions that are hard to put into words. The process is hands-on, instinctive, and open to whatever comes up, no right or wrong, just making space for what’s there.