About my Art Journey
I fell in love with feltmaking about 20 years ago. My passion moved from initially learning through making functional items which led on to a desire to create fine art works out of felt. This was the impetus for me to successfully complete my Masters in Fine Art
What begins as simple, raw materials of wool, paper, fabrics, inks and threads are felted, collaged, painted and stitched to be transformed into artworks that have a connection to the elemental.
Laying out
Collaging fabrics and papers
Painting
Stitching
Exhibitions, Residencies and Curations
2025
November: Guest curator of the Open Exhibition at SPUD Art Gallery, Sway, Hampshire
November: Selected for the Open Exhibition, Red House Gallery, Christchurch
September: “Flight” exhibition with Art Textiles Made in Britain, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks. Touring to three more UK locations in 2026
June: Two-week artist residency, Ilhabela, Brazil
April: Take 5, group exhibition of five textile artists at SPUD Arts Works, Sway, Hampshire
April: Fresh Art Fair, Cheltenham, exhibiting with 1 of 1 Gallery, Braunton
2024
August: Solo exhibition, The Nest, Version House
April: Fresh Art Fair, Cheltenham, exhibiting with 1 of 1 Art Gallery, Braunton
Illuminate exhibition with Art Textiles Made in Britain tour: Queen Street Gallery, Neath, January to February, and The Museum Gallery, Sevenoaks, March to April
2023
December: Selected for Winter Warmers Exhibition, Frontier Gallery, Sheffield
October: Selected for Open Exhibition, Ace Arts, Somerton
October: Illuminate exhibition at Alexandra Palace, London, with Art Textiles Made in Britain at the Knitting and Stitching Show. Selected as ATMB’s Emerging Artist 2023 and subsequently became a permanent member of ATMB
July: Selected for Stitch by Stitch Exhibition, Willow Gallery, Oswestry
March: One-month residency at the Icelandic Textile Centre, Blönduós. The work from the residency inspired the Illuminate collection
2022
MFA Summer Show, West Dean and Copeland Gallery, London, Infinite Possibility. A series of 10 contemporary, minimal 2D works exploring the personal feeling of possibility
2021
MFA Summer Show, West Dean and Copeland Gallery, London, Still Life. An interpretation of quietude
2020
Diploma in Art and Contemporary Craft Exhibition, Emergence
International Feltmakers Association online juried exhibition, Reconnected
2017
Studio and Curation Assistant for Stone, an exhibition by Sarah Waters at the Knitting and Stitching Show, Alexandra Palace
2015
Hampshire Open Studios, joint exhibition with four other artists
Memberships
Exhibiting Member of Art Textiles Made in Britain since 2022
International Feltmakers Association
