EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2023
Royal College of Art, Textiles, MA
2015
Bath Spa University, Ba Creative Arts, 1st Class Honours
2010
Bristol School of Art, Filton College, ABC level 3 Diploma in Foundation Studies in Art, Design and Media – Merit
2008
Gloucester and Cheltenham College, City and Guilds, Level 3 in Design and Constructed Textiles
EXHIBITIONS AND SHOWS
2021
Embroidered Arts, Hand and Lock, Oxo Tower, London.
2018
Extremely Textiles, Black swan Arts Centre, Frome.
2018
Designer Crafts, Society of Designer Craftsmen, Chelsea College, London.
2018
The 250th Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy, Burlington House, London.
2017
Shiftworks, Columbia College, Chicago.
2017
Shiftworks, National Centre for Craft and Design, Sleaford.
2016
Newarke, Newark Park, National Trust, Gloucestershire.
2015
Graduate Showcase, Knit and Stitch, Harrogate.
2015
Portal, Llantarnam Grange Art Centre, Cwmbran, Wales.
2015
Best of the Best, Art in Action, Oxford.
2015
New Designers, Business design Centre, London.
2015
Drawn, The Royal West of England academy, Bristol.
2014
Best of the Best, Art in Action, Oxford.
2013
Best of the Best, Art in Action, Oxford.
2013
Drawn, The Royal West of England Academy, Bristol.
COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS
2019
Third Place, ‘Hand and Lock Prize’, Textile Open.
2015
Selected for ‘Graduate Showcase’, by the Embroiderers Guild.
2014
Awarded ‘Outstanding Student Award for Degree Show’, Bath Spa University, Bath.
2013
Awarded ‘The Bristol Scholarship Award for Students’, Drawn, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol.
COLLECTIONS
2018
‘The Bristol 2 Litre Engine’ purchased by a private buyer at the Royal Academy’s 250th Summer Exhibition.
2016
‘A Bar of Drinking Chocolate’ purchased for the ‘Diana Springall Embroidery Collection’.
Publications
January/February issue, 2019
Embroidery, the Textile Art Magazine, ‘Drawn to Thread’.
August 2018
Selvedge ‘The Fabric of Your Life’ guest blog post, ‘A Couple on the Tube’.
September/October issue, 2014
Embroidery, The Textile Art Magazine ‘Machine Art’.
ART-RELATED EMPLOYMENT
July 2016 – National Centre for Craft and Design, Sleaford, ‘Make a Shift Dress in a Day’ workshop.
2009 – 2016 – Art in Action, Waterperry Gardens, Oxford. During this annual celebration, artists and craftsmen practice openly demonstrating their skills and discussing their work. Since 2009, I have participated in this event by teaching Silk Painting and Marbling in the Practical Classes.
OTHER EMPLOYMENT
1986 to 2021
Registered Midwife at North Bristol Trust.