Over the first weekend of Somerset Open Studios 2025 (13–14 September), Maria exhibited at the Zig Zag Building in Glastonbury as part of the Creative Pathways Bursary from Somerset Art Works.

For this exhibition, she created a portfolio of hand-embroidered work titled The Waiting Game comprising of four pillowcases and one duvet.

Photography by Emily Lewin and Kaylee Winchcombe.