Current activity
Ceramic Patchwork – contemporary craft, exploring concepts of fragility, imperfection, impermanence and resilience. Embroidery Lecturing.
Textile Design, Level 4 Year coordinator. Cross textile specialism lecturing with particular expertise in Embroidery.
Areas of current research
- Fiber based livelihoods
- Resilience and materiality
Fragile Structures: Post-earthquake material responses in Nepal, FRIS Award, Birmingham City University / 2016
Past papers/ publications/ conferences
Build Back Better, Futurescan 4: Valuing Practice Conference / January 2019
Transparent Pattern Creation, CSpace Conference Workshop
Creativities in Educational Research - Weaving and Entanglements / July 2018
Annual General Meeting and Members Day, Society of Designer Craftsmen, National Council of Voluntary Organisations, London, Guest Speaker / 1 April 2017
Souvenirs from Home Symposium: Exploring Cultural Heritage through Community Engagement, Walsall Leather Museum, Walsall, Silkmen Pecha Kucha / 15 Nov 2016
Research – a personal perspective, Research Exchange Day, School of Fashion & Textiles, Birmingham City University / 2016
Poster Presentation, RESCON, Birmingham City University / 2015
Home Ground Symposium: Using Craft to create a sense of place, Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Dartington Hall, Devon, Artist Pecha Kucha / 5 Nov 2014
Yak Combing in Mongolia, Journal of or weavers, Spinners and Dyers 250, summer 2014, pp9-12
Diary of A craft maker, Craft & Design Magazine, 6 editions no.226-231 March/April 2013 – Jan/Feb 2014
Design for Sustainability. Small is...Festival 2009. The Schumacher Centre for Technology and Development / 2009
Developing Design Capacity in Mongolia. Annual General Meeting, The Cardiff Group, Cardiff School of Art & Design, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff / 2009
Fiber and Mongolian livelihoods. New Researcher Conference, Birmingham City University / 2008
Knitted Fair Trade: A Peruvian perspective. New Researcher Conference, Birmingham City University / 2005
Design
- Foundation for The Development of Wool and Cashmere Enterprises. Consultancy for a Mongolian NGO providing design support and training for the garment and textile industry / 2007
- Foale Ltd, Knitwear Designer. Worked collaboratively with Marion Foale to design tailored hand-knitwear collections. Showing at London and Paris Fashion Weeks / 2000-2005
- Freelance Swatch Design. Fully-fashioned embellished ladies knitwear designs for the international fashion market / 1998 - 2000
- Marcus Constable, London. Embroidery design for AW96 womenswear collection / 1995
- Vann Design Studio, Paris. Fashion fabric design for AW94 womenswear collection / 1994
- Seres Embroidery, Cambridge. Tambour beadwork and machine embroidery / 1994
- Antonio Berardi, London. Embroidered lining fabrics for catwalk tailoring, Central St Martins MA Fashion Design show, London Graduate Fashion Week / 1994
Community based projects and workshops
- Home Ground. A national project celebrating the uniqueness of home and place through Football Clubs linked with craft trades. Lead artist working with Macclesfield Town Football Club and 'Silkmen' supporters groups / 2015
- The Challenge Network. The Challenge is a civic service programme bringing young people from diverse backgrounds together to take on teamwork and leadership challenges that prepare them to design and deliver a project of their own that will bring their community together. Assistant Team-Leader, Birmingham / 2010
- Refugee Integration Employment Service (RIES), Centre for Equality and Diversity, Dudley. Volunteer Mentor / 2009
- British Refugee Week 08, Fashion fabrics and catwalk show project with members of AB+ and fashion students from Birmingham City University. AB+ is a Birmingham based HIV/Aids charity that works particularly with local refugee communities and Diaspora groups / 2008
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), One Village One Product programme. Design consultancy and training, providing support to a tourism and handicraft enterprise promoting Kazak embroidery as a regional brand product in western Mongolia / 2007
Solo exhibitions
- Balancing Tensions, The Anthropologie Gallery, London / 2017
- Ceramic Patchwork Prema Arts, Uley / 2014
- Mongolia, Photography Exhibition, Birmingham City University / 2008
Group exhibitions
- Nexus: meetings at the edge Kirkcaldy Galleries & Ruthin Craft Centre / 2018
- COLLECT, Saatchi Gallery, London / 2017
- Made in the Middle Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry / 2016/17
- Loves, Lives and Loss Fenton House, National Trust, Hampstead / 2016
- Making a Winter's Tale Contemporary Applied Arts, London / 2016
- Making in Colour Ruthin Craft Centre, Wales / 2016
- London Design Fair British Craft Pavilion, Crafts Council, London / 2016
- Souvenirs from Home Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey / 2016
- New Members Showcase Contemporary Applied Arts, London / 2016
- Made in the East Midlands National Centre for Craft & Design / 2016
- Made London Marylebone / 2015
- Bowls of Britain The New Craftsmen for Decorex / 2015
- Home Ground The Silk Museum Macclesfield / 2015
- Leaving Home Contemporary Applied Arts, London / 2015
- Delamore Arts Cornwood, Devon / 2015/14
- Art in Clay Hatfield House, Hertfordshire / 2015/14/13
- Unravelling Uppark Uppark House and Garden, West Sussex / 2014
- Art in Clay Farnham / 2014
- Brighton Art Fair, Brighton / 2014
- Selected at Newark Park Stroud International Textiles / 2014
- The Contemporary Craft Fair Bovey Tracey 2014/13/12
- Contemporary Textiles New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham / 2013
- IntoLACE Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey / 2013
- Pattern Shire Hall Stafford / 2013
- Voices New Brewery Arts, Cirencester / 2013
- Art of Clay Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham / 2013
- Designer Crafts Society of Designer Craftsmen, Mall Galleries / 2013
- Made in the Middle Craftspace touring exhibition / 2013/12
- Made by Hand Tredegar House, Newport / 2012
- Hereford Contemporary Craft Fair Hereford / 2011
- Handmade in Britain Bath / 2011
- MarketPlace: Contemporary Craft Fair MAC, Birmingham / 2010
Prizes
- Craft & Design Selected Maker Gold Award, Textile Category / 2014
- BBC Homes & Antiques Magazine Antique of the Future' Award / 2012
- The Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery Purchase Prize / 2012
Work in collections
Plymouth Museum & Art Gallery
Commissions
- What do you Treasure? Live stitch event, London Design Festival / 2017
- The Silkmen Cup, Home Ground, Macclesfield Town Football Club 2016
- Built Broken Stitched, Bowls of Britain Series for the New Craftsmen Gallery, Decorex / 2015
- The Uppark Vase, site-specific work for Unravelling the National Trust / 2014
- British Museum commissions reworking archive imagery / 2011/13
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