Some of my work old and (hopefully) new will be appearing in ‘Zoomorphic’, a group show at Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, the Regional Centre for the Applied Arts in South East Wales from 3 December 2016 – 28 January 2017.
Element 15, a contemporary textile arts group based in Ireland, recently asked me some questions about my work practice and plans for the future.
Still on the subject of kind & generous acts by strangers – last month I received another wonderful, and completely unexpected, gift.
Sometimes the goodness and generosity of people just blows me away. A month ago, whilst teaching a workshop in Devon, the husband of one of my students dropped in on the workshop a couple of times, and became interested in some of my feltmaking tools.
The Millinery issue of Selvedge Magazine will contain an article about my work.
Based on an hour long interview, they have manage to condense my ramblings into a coherent whole. Shorthand is an amazing invention..!
Pleased as punch with the Crafts Council’s decision to approve my application for membership of their maker directory
As the national agency for contemporary craft, the Crafts Council champions high quality contemporary craft practice nationally and internationally.
I’ll be exhibiting some of my work in the above titled textiles exhibition at Green Hill Arts, Dartmoor’s leading art gallery, starting April 23rd
Sub-titled ‘a Celebration of Textiles’, the exhibition is curated by Veronica Gould and Yuli Somme (both textile workers in their own right), and earlier this month I welcomed them into my studio for a ‘guided tour’ and plenty of chat fuelled by tea.
This year has truly been a remarkable, and at times difficult, time of upheaval and change, which has taken its toll on my energy and my work this year.
In order to create some time to re-focus on my work, I will no longer be doing shifts in OWL gallery in the New Year.
Some of my masks went on show in London for the very first time, during Etsy UK: Four Corners of Craft. The exhibition took place from 24-27 September at the Truman Brewery, London.
Fortyfive designer makers who were hand picked from nearly 1,000 applications showcased a diverse and exciting selection of contemporary craft from the four corners our country, tied together by the quality of making.
It’s amazing, the places that a shared interest can lead you to: Aug 20th saw me flying out on my first ever, and much anticipated, visit to the States.
An invitation, two years of planning, and many, many emails back and forth, eventually finalized into a series of four workshops over a 4-week teaching tour of NE America.