studio 11
I am a practising and exhibiting textile artist who makes work focussing on
memory, identity, loss and absence, using a variety of mixed media techniques
alongside adapting traditional patchwork and embroidery processes for
contemporary work. I have also been teaching textiles for many years, and enjoy
developing the design aspect of projects with students, as well as teaching the
more practical stitching and colouring skills. I have delivered City & Guilds to
Diploma (the old Part 2) level in both Embroidery and Patchwork & Quilting. 2015
saw me complete my Masters with Distinction as well as having a gallery at
Festival of Quilts. Then in 2016 I was part of the very successful unFOLD
exhibition at the Knitting & Stitching Shows at Alexandra Palace and Harrogate
International Centre. We repeated that experience with The Button Box exhibition
at Festival of Quilts 2018. In 2019 I successfully entered work into the
Vlieseline Fine Arts Textile Award at FOQ and then worked with unFOLD members to
produce a group piece which was accepted into the Janome Fine Art Textiles Award
in 2021. The Covid pandemic and lockdown saw me presenting one of the Community
Stitch challenges for TextileArtist.org online, to 18,000 members of the
community. This was a very exciting opportunity which coincided with the
development of my new online courses. With a few external teaching commitments
left for 2022, I have decided to concentrate on courses in Eastbourne for 2023
to enable me to get more stitching done. So if you want to work with me on one
of my courses, you will need to book a Studio 11 course, or an online course.
