My current practice uses wire working at its core in combination with a variety of vintage, found and reclaimed materials. Sustainability has always been central to my making methodology with me recently making a shift back towards a textile based practice, leading to a re-evaluation of all the materials I use in an attempt to become even more sustainable in creating my outcomes

Inspiration is derived from folklore, fairy tales and childhood adventures, along with a nostalgic nod to the television programmes I watched while growing up. Ideas eventually form into anthropomorphic creatures and characters, each named using found words from damaged books and sheet music.

During the first lockdown I returned to incorporating fabrics in my work, out of necessity, as I was unable to get my hands on any plain flour (I previously used a flour & water paste for my paper-mache creatures).
I originally studied textiles and surface pattern at college before I moved to Hereford to study an HND. It was there that I pursued my love of 'drawing' with wire and began incorporating found and reclaimed objects.

I recently completed a Masters in Contemporary Crafts, the focus of my studies was based on the use of found objects within art, with particular attention to what and how I collect and why I feel compelled to collect.

Taking on the role of urban archaeologist, with references to mudlarking, the scavenger, rescuer and magpie, my practice is built around the gathering of neglected, mundane, discarded, broken, stained, redundant objects and related materials. The subsequent role that I then adopt is that of the bricoleur, bodger, fossicker and conservator, repurposing, combining and curating the 'finds' so that they take on new identities and forms utilising sympathetic interventions to create individual protective, talismanic and amuletic artefacts with a familial aesthetic, allowing the outcomes to evolve while preserving the deterioration.

I studied HND Design Crafts at Hereford College of Art, graduating in 1996, returning a couple of years later to top it up to a BA (Hons) and went back again, in 2018, to study a Masters in Contemporary Crafts, graduating with distinction in December 2019.