Most of my work falls into this category as I love to experiment with using different materials to add interest, depth, texture, colour and movement to a piece. I enjoy going back to basics and making my own paper and dyeing my own fabrics, for example, to ensure I get exactly the outcome I’m aiming for.
This collection harks back to my student days when I spent a lot of time studying cells under a microscope and being dazzled by their beauty, especially when they are artificially stained so that the component parts are not only visible but are in stunning bright colours. There are 10 pieces in the collection, each about […]
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I created this woodland collection based on my love of the colours and textures of nature. The collection comprises a series of hand embroidered panels, each measuring 300mm x 230mmm. The background fabric has been oven-dyed with coffee and stretched over canvas blocks
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The Idea For this mixed media project I took a discarded Victorian Anthology which is a beautiful book full of pieces of poetry and prose alongside lovely images from the Victorian era. But it’s a view of Victorian Britain that could only be enjoyed by the privileged. Browsing in this book made me think about what life
