I did a Textile Design degree as a mature Student and after I finished, I started to explore the re-use of materials, not only to make an ethical statement but also because the pieces I use have a history and charm. Making things has always been important to me. It is a joy to hunt for pieces to use for my work. Whatever I find in various materials, inspires my next project, keeping my body of work exciting and varied.
I use antique floral and worn fabrics, embroideries, Victorian embroidered jet fragments. I re-use these very old, mostly French, quilts, faded 19th Century French fabrics, antique lace, old and worn fabric and re-use these. The fabrics that I use often have signs of past use with repairs and holes and are fragile and frayed. By re-using material for my work, I want to celebrate the original makers whose skills are dying out, and to show the beauty that these worn pieces and fragments still possess.
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The joy of hunting for antique and vintage pieces to use for my work and the various experiences that come my way, mean that I find all kinds of materials which inspire my next project. My work evolves continuously. Currently I am making a series of textile animals using antique and vintage fabrics, presented on antique items. In 2024 I moved to Oxfordshire where I have a wonderful Studio where I give workshops. My work can often be seen in the West Ox Art Gallery in Bampton Oxfordshire and in the A Little Bird Told me Gallery in Wendover where I will be for Buckinghamshire Art weeks this year.