I am primarily a textile artist and work wherever possible with recycled, reclaimed and vintage textiles to make rag rugs and soft furnishings. I use the sustainable fibres of sheeps fleece to create my felt hats, bags, jackets, scarves and jewellery. I like to use local fleece sometimes, and know a few shetland sheep!
I have worked for many years as a bead jewellery maker, and had a book published in 1994 called Decorative Beadwork published by Letts. I make a small range of bead jewellery using glass seed beads and shell buttons, and tiaras with swarovski crystals.
I have taken the ethos of recycling into secondary and primary schools in Kent and East Sussex with a fun hands on art project that promotes the importance of recycling. School children have created cushions, rugs and banners and the project was televised by the BBC when I was teaching 5 year olds at a school in Brighton. I teach at West Dean College, West Sussex and at other colleges and groups across the UK.
I work for interior design companies and private commission. My rugs have been sold in the Tate Gallery Shop in London, and my textile work can be seen in Maynard Kaynes bedroom at the Charleston Farmhouse, bohemian home of the Bloomsbury artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, in Lewes, East Sussex - the house is open to the public
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