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

Artquest London 30/30 challenge


The challenge was to make a piece of art for 30 days beginning on the 1st Feb. Below are some highlights.

To try and make it more manageable I set myself some boundaries…I generally used an oval shape no larger than 12 cm. I also had some lovely new samples from GF Smith , which really helped me experiment with different colours. I can already feel that this challenge has sent my work in new directions…I`m excited to see how these pieces evolve.

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Bow…


I wanted to use ‘petals’ to create something recognisable and wanted  a feminine motif. As I was making my bow, I kept layering the petals in different ways, so it looked more and more awkward.

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