“I feel very fortunate managing creative education and being a creative, painting, drawing and weaving
Biography
Being creative is incredibly important to me. I can remember constantly drawing, painting and making as a child. The pleasure gained from it and the importance of continuing to be creative has never left me.
My degree from the Royal College of Art is in Textiles specialising in Fashion Knitwear. I am a member of the ‘British Tapestry Group Eastern Region’ and have been weaving since 2015.
My long standing day job sees me managing Adult Education for the Creative Industries in East London.
Formally I was Head of School for Croydon School of Art, having successfully led the Fashion and Textiles department for many years. I played a key role in creating and organising the borough’s then ‘Festival of Creativity’ and stand-alone graduate fashion shows, which went on tour at the AOC and the NEC.
I have worked professionally as a knitwear designer in the UK and Italy for luxury brands including Hardy Amies, DKNY and Laura Biagiotti and Coin SpA. I have worked on individual designer collections shown at London Fashion Week. My work was also featured in the fashion journal Collezioni.
I have a BSc (Hons) Textile Design and Technology from the University of Huddersfield and an MA from the Royal College of Art in 1995.
List of Works:
Tapestries
Seahenge – December 2024
Experiment in Arsenic – November 2021
Lowestoft – October 2019
Ripple – February 2018
Surface Tension – April 2018
Turbulence Feb – March 2017
Swell – Shadwell Basin April 2016
Tilly Losch – March 2016
Paintings
Water 1, 2, 3, 4 – June 2018
Exhibitions:
2025 – 2026
Picking up the Thread: The Past, Present and Future of Tapestry
British Tapestry Group 20th Anniversary Exhibition 16 August – 4 October 2025 – Gracefield Art Centre, Dumfries
20 October – 14 February 2026 – Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh
2-18 March 2026 – Market Hall, Devonport, Plymouth
13-25 July 2026 – Morley Gallery, London
March 2025 – Fenlands – Courtyard Arts Gallery, Hertford.
April – May 2020 – Window on Weaving – Haslemere Museum, Haslemere, Surrey.
November – January 2020 – Cordis Prizes – Tapestry Showcase – National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh.
June 2018 – WOW – Hepsibah Gallery, Hamersmith, London.
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