I have a current CRB certificate and public liability insurance and am happy to travel or stay overnight.

Talks

Each of these talks takes approximately one hour and is in the form of a powerpoint presentation accompanied by samples and sketchbooks. The cost of each talk is £70 plus travel.

City & Guilds and Beyond

Hear how I began my career as a Textile Artist. I will bring samples and assessment pieces from own City & Guilds onwards and discuss how I began teaching and creating bespoke textiles.

Diamond Stitches

Science meets Textiles, learn about my community outreach projects and work as Artist in Residence at Diamond Light Source, the UK’s national synchrotron facility, located at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire

Text and Textiles

Many of my pieces have been inspired by text, whether it be a word such as "Liminal", a haiku from which the kimonos were made or a book such as Alice in Wonderland.

See the hangings from the "Alice" exhibition together with examples from each of these series of work together with the sketchbooks and the evolution of the ideas.

Schools

I am interested in how the approach to teaching in schools has developed from formal learning by rote where students have no control or ownership of their learning. Today, creativity and the holistic approach to study has given a sense of relevance, and attention is given to soft skills developed as part of the education process. It is with this in mind, that I have taught workshops for Year 9 pupils that combine my experience with working at a large scientific installation with art, design and textiles. I also teach more general GCSE level textile classes. For a full list of subjects and costs, click here »

For younger primary aged pupils then some class such as felt or general markmaking, can be adapted to fit the age range.

For details of an ongoing project with Windmill Primary, for the Cowley Road Carnival, click here »