I graduated in 2000 from Hereford College of Art with a BA(hons) in Design Crafts.

Since graduating I have done numerous contemporary craft fairs, including the Country Living Spring & Christmas Fairs and Hereford Contemporary Craft Fair. I regularly participate in local craft markets and exhibit in shops and galleries, locally and nationally.

From a very young age, I have compulsively collected found objects and ephemera, squirreling them away into jars and boxes. Enticed by the beauty of patina, that only comes with age and wear, I assemble these pieces into whimsical works of art.

Inspiration comes from fantastical fairy tales, nursery rhymes and the curiousness of the natural world. Often the creatures I make are pure figments of my imagination. I try to envisage the oddities that many Victorian explorers could have encountered on their voyages to different lands. These whimsies are then caged, named and categorized. A museum of my own fantasy.

My work uses many processes. Wire-working is a common factor in the majority of my pieces. I have a tendency to use iron or brass wire, each has their own nuances, which command when and how I utilize them. The processes I use are often dictated by the materials I am using. I bend, solder, hammer, drill then maybe solder a bit more.

As for designing, I collect images, from books and magazines, which I collage into reference books. I rarely put designs down on paper. Normally ideas formulate as I drift asleep or wake. Quite often I will have several pieces at different stages of production on the go, flitting back and forth until the right object finishes the piece. 

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