Textile Artist

‘I was awarded a B.Ed. in Art, Craft and Design at West Sussex Institute of Higher Education in 1981, when my Finals exhibition featured woven textiles.

From 2002 I have been working with all age groups presenting workshops and projects in schools and colleges.

Since 2003 I have been an Artist in Residence for the Sheffield Children’s Festival. I am a member of the Art and Craft Guild of Lancashire. I design and make individual hand woven scarves and wall hangings, using a wide range of textured yarns and fibres.

My aim in my wall pieces is to reflect the rich and vibrant diversity of colours and textures of the natural landscape and coast, at different times of the day and year.

I dye all the yarns and fibres for the wall pieces myself, using a technique called space dyeing. This involves applying  different colour dyes to a skein of yarn, thus creating a subtly multi-coloured effect.

The scarves are woven in different combinations of cotton and viscose chenille, ribbons, silk, cotton and other decorative yarns.’