Events
2025
- ‘Small Things Make a Difference’ – 18 Jan – 8 Feb, Two Tree Gallery, Essex
- Made in Essex ‘Secret Postcard Sale’ – 1-14 Feb, 70 The Broadway, Essex
2024
- Hadleigh Open Studios – 5 & 6 Oct (10am-4pm), HOFS, Essex
- SEVEN artists, group exhibition – Leigh Art Trail, Essex
- Winter Charity Exhibition in support of The One Love Project – Two Tree Gallery, Essex
2023
- CAOS Open Studios exhibition – HOFS, Essex
- Southend Urban Landscape competition
- SEVEN artists, group exhibition – Leigh Art Trail, Essex
2022
- Open Studios – HOFS, Essex
- SEVEN artists, group exhibition – Leigh Art Trail, Essex
2021
- SEVEN artists, group exhibition – Leigh Art Trail, Essex
- ‘Estuary festival’ – Metal Southend
2020
- All events postponed due to Covid-19
2019
- SEVEN artists, group exhibition – Leigh Art Trail, Essex
2018
- SEVEN artists, group exhibition – Leigh Art Trail, Essex
- SEVEN artists, group exhibition – Southend Art Trail, Essex
- ‘Painting with Light’ – LAT residency, Essex
- ‘Our RA Summer Show’ – LAT residency, Essex
- ‘Art of the Abstraction’ – LAT residency, Essex
2017
- SEVEN artists, group exhibition – Leigh Art Trail, Essex
2016
- SEVEN artists, group exhibition – Village Green Festival, Metal Culture, Essex
Artisan Markets
2024
- I Am Handmade, Leigh Community Centre – December
- Eco Christmas Market, LRBC – November
- Folk & Bespoke, Leigh Community Centre – November
- Folk & Bespoke, Leigh Community Centre – October
- Folk & Bespoke, Leigh Community Centre – April
- Folk & Bespoke, Leigh Community Centre – March
2023
- Eco Christmas Market, LRBC – November
- Folk & Bespoke, Leigh Community Centre – November
- Folk & Bespoke, Leigh Community Centre – October
- Folk & Bespoke, Leigh Community Centre – March
- Folk & Bespoke, Leigh Community Centre – February
2022
- Folk & Bespoke, Rayleigh Mill – December
- Eco Christmas Market, LRBC – November
- Folk & Bespoke, Leigh Community Centre – November
- Folk & Bespoke, Leigh Community Centre – October
Workshops/Talks
2025
- ‘Tapestry Weaving on a 3D printed loom’, Southend Seaside Stichers, Essex – January
2021
- ‘Cyanotype stitching’ – Southend Seaside Stitchers
- Intro to bookbinding – Freelance Meetup group
2020
- ‘Embroider a Vintage Postcard’ – Embroiderer’s Guild
- ‘Creative Journals’ with SEVEN – Metal Culture, Essex
2019
- ‘Creative Journals’ with SEVEN – Metal Culture, Essex
- ‘Connecting Threads’ with Gwen Simpson – Turn the Page, Norwich
- ‘Next Generation’ with SEVEN – Metal Culture, Essex
- ‘Celebrate with Stitch and Collage’ – Embroiderer’s Guild
2018
- ‘Big Draw’ with SEVEN – LAT residency, Essex
- ‘Altered Books: Threads of Thought’ – Embroiderer’s Guild
2017
- ‘Next Generation’ with SEVEN – Metal Culture, Essex
- ‘Pecha Kucha’ talk – Metal Culture, Essex
Education
2015-2016
- Creative Journal workshops – Metal Culture, Essex
2002-2004
- MA Digital Media & Cultural Studies, University of East London
1990-1991
- BA Hons Textile Design, 2:1 – University of East London
1988-1990
- HND Surface Pattern & Graphic Design – South Glamorgan Institute of HE (now Cardiff Metropolitan University)
1987-1988
- Art Foundation Diploma – Mid Cheshire College of FE