NEWS & EVENTS

Flax in the Round at Kestle Barton

Flax in the Round at Kestle Barton

Flax crop in the Round is a new project for the growing season of 2024. Growing flax in the round area of the meadow at Kestle Barton, Cornwall, will provide a series of events with opportunities for learning about and helping to tend the flax crop, finishing with a...

Wild Textiles book launch

Wild Textiles book launch

My new book Wild Textiles is published by Batsford on 1st September. Sunnybank Mills Gallery will be hosting a book launch on Sunday 4th September 2-3pm 2022. This coincides with a new exhibition Vessel in which some of the work featured in Wild Textiles will be...

Dovetailing Responses

Dovetailing Responses

I am looking forward to taking part in Dovetailing Responses from 4 – 7 November at Ilkley Manor House. More information on this collaborative project can be found here. I’ll be showing a small selection of Offcuts and objects: Dandelion stems, seeds & seedheads;...

FATA shortlist

FATA shortlist

I’m really pleased that Dandelion Weave 2 has been shortlisted for the Janome Fine Art Textiles Award and will be shown in the Textile Galleries at the Festival of Quilts and then the Knitting and Stitching Shows in the autumn. This piece (30cm x 30cm) is made using...

Sun Stone Studio

Sun Stone Studio

I am pleased to have a selection of books, cards and small original artworks on paper available at Sun Stone Studio, West Concord, MA, USA. This new space is an offshoot of Three Stones Gallery.

ACE funding

ACE funding

I am really pleased to have been awarded a grant by Arts Council England as part of Developing Your Creative Practice funding. This will provide some support over the period of a year in carrying out research, developing networks and accessing mentoring to help build...

Plot 105 book now published

Plot 105 book now published

My new book Plot 105 is now available to order via my online shop here. This is the story of my relationship with Plot 105 – my allotment. The book explains how my creative engagement with the site has unfolded since taking it on and how the plot formed the focus of...

Material World

Material World

I really pleased to be featured in the July issue of Gardens Illustrated magazine. The article is sensitively written by Rachel Seaton-Lucas and describes my allotment-based art practice. It features beautiful photography by Lisa Linder that was taken during a...

Plot 105

Plot 105

It’s a couple of weeks since my MA show finished at Leeds Arts University. It was a good end to the 2 years of study and, along with the graduation ceremony, a fitting way to celebrate all that the cohort achieved in that time. I presented 2 groups of objects, 46 in...

Rogue Women

Rogue Women

I’m pleased to be one of the artists invited to show work in Rogue Women at Rogue Artists’ Studios, Manchester opening on Friday 15th November.

MA show

MA show

  My MA Creative Practice show opens this Thursday in the Blenheim Walk Gallery at Leeds Art University. If you would like to attend the launch evening 5-8pm on 21st November you can register here, where you will also find details and a list of the artists. The...

re-new

re-new

I am pleased to be among the participating artists commissioned by Toast in collaboration with Kettle’s Yard to re-work worn garments and waste fabrics, turning them into something new and unexpected. The display aims to promote the idea that clothes can have a life...

Imagining Dystopia

Imagining Dystopia

I’m looking forward to taking part in ‘Imagining Dystopia: How We Might Live‘ at Camberwell, London on Tuesday 1st October. This performative panel discussion is part of the exhibition Bauhaus: Utopia In Crisis and will be led by artist Eva Sojavic.

Westmorland Landscape Prize

Westmorland Landscape Prize

Findings : 71 Objects has been selected to be part of the Westmorland Landscape Prize exhibition, which runs from 13 September to 10 November at the Rheged Centre, just outside Penrith. If you’re in the North West during that time do pop in and have a look. There are...

Fine Art Textiles Award

Fine Art Textiles Award

I am thrilled that my Apple Vessels 1-5 have been shortlisted for the Vlieseline Fine Art Textiles Award at the Festival of Quilts. These vessels were made using paper yarn, hand stitched around apples, which were then allowed to dry and shrink within. They are...