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 colleges and groups all over the UK.
I work for interior design companies and private commission. My rugs have been sold in the Tate Gallery Shop in London, and I have work in the Charleston Farmhouse, home of the Bloomsbury group in Lewes, East Sussex
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