A little something about me…

I’ve been making ever since I was small! You could always find me happily absorbed in craft projects; quilling, fimo, decoupage… to name a few. I was always experimenting with different materials melting wax to create flowers! ( not sure how safe that was!), marbling with PVA! I can’t imagine a life without creativity !

I still enjoy experimenting with different materials and craft is still at the heart of what I do, but it`s about making the craft my own and I do that through play and experimentation. I now make jewellery, which I treat like wearable works of art, paper art and installations. After studying a mixed media degree in Fine Art in the friendly city of Cardiff, I moved to London to do a two year MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art. I began my degree by painting, but soon started creating miniature paper installations and by the time I started my MA I was creating room sized textile installations. I now use a mixture of fabric, paper, wood, perspex, which I laser cut to create my work.

I am passionate about spreading the word about how wonderful creativity is! so I do lots of workshops and projects with different communities from school children to adults suffering with mental health difficulties. I have recently completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy, which I loved!

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inspiration

Lost in Lisbon…


Lisbon is rough around the edges, which only adds to its charm and like no other city i have ever been to, every turn brings some small delight…..

Evaline Ness..


I love my paper museum and paper victorian house so much that i started to do a bit of research into the illustrator Evaline Ness…..

and found i am inspired by her story and love her childrens` book illustrations…


Finally my paper Metropolitan Museum!


It didn`t arrive for Christmas and i`ve been waiting patiently….just when i thought it wasn`t going to come it did..yey! All the way from American and i can see it used to be an old reference library book.I`ll be making this and my victorian house both by Evaline Ness. Here is a little look…

My favourite things from Towneley Hall ….


It was a bleak day when i visited Towneley Hall….but despite this it still felt like I had escaped, so my visit left me feeling peaceful.

I`m always drawn to tiles……

And this packaging was beautiful……

I thought i might use some of the things i saw to inspire the Pattern Design and Laser Cutting course i am running in Burnley.

Did you get snow?…


I thought yesterday was going to be a snow day but the sun came out and we were able to venture out to Hebden Bridge……

It was really foggy but very pretty on the way……

We popped into Radiance, a lovely shop….selling lovely paper products, cards….i particularly like this decoration below….

And these lovely paper flowers……….

I bought a valentines card and then we went for tea and cake……..stopping for a glass of wine by Hollingworth Lake on the way home….