Simplifying the features of the landscape into flat areas of colour creates an impression of the view in front of me and a sense of quiet. I look for balance of composition and colour and particularly enjoy placing a detail, such as a building which can be intricately cut, within the landscape to draw the eye and contrast with the rest of the image.

I enjoy exploring the possibilities of working with paper as a material; how it changes as I cut intricate patterns or how the cut edges of the paper add an extra, sometimes unexpected, dimension to the work. I enjoy its simplicity and our familiarity with it; we all have an innate understanding of paper and its uses and it is great to surprise people!

Alongside my layered papercuts will be some of the work I have been making as research for a PhD by practice I am currently undertaking at Oxford Brookes University. These are altered maps and atlases which explore the act of making and the progression of ideas into form within my work. While the concepts of these two bodies of work are very different they are brought together by the technique of papercutting and sit happily alongside each other.

Also with me at the same venue are Wendy Newhofer showing her kiln formed glass in her garden studio and jeweller Becky Morgan. You're very welcome to come and browse!