Born 1962
Since 1989 I have regularly led art and craft workshops with many different groups of people of all ages and abilities. These include school classes, teacher training, gallery
education ,adult education classes and teenage groups. I have also run many sessions especially suitable for the elderly, those with learning difficulties and special medical needs.
Techniques used have included (over the years) screen printing, book-making, appliqué and collage, relief printing, banner, flag and map-making; textiles, quilting and patchwork, willow sculpture and lantern making; carnival costumes and float-making, circus skills and Tai Chi. These days I concentrate mainly on textile and screenprinting projects. I also make and sell my own textile work, quilts and flags etc.
2013/14 Various workshops with Living Well Cancer Support Group , Aberystywth
1990 - present Numerous Gallery education projects at Oriel Davies ,Newtown and
Aberystwyth Arts Centre including collaboration with storyteller Helen East
2013 Art Factor - Textile Masterclesses at Oriel Davies , Newtown
2010 Flags for 1000 Colours Blue, art and sound project Swansea
2010 Summer flags at Aberystwyth Arts Centre
2009 Engage project in Bodlondeb Care Home and Llwyn yr Eos Primary School
2003-11 Lantern workshops and processions in Aberdyfi, Machynlleth and Lewisham, South
London
2005 Flag Commissions for International Storytelling Festival St Donat’s and Festival At
The Edge, Shropshire
2004 Waiting room textile screens made with users of Bronglais Hospital, Aberystwyth
2004 Boys Who Sew -Textile Residency at Llwyn yr Eos Primary School, Aberystwyth
2003 Stage Designs for Cyrff Ystwyth Dance Company
2002 20:20 Project, Primary school residences around Welshpool
2001 ‘Shop Local’ Street flags in Machynlleth
2001+2 ‘Rural Lives’ Residencies in Ysgol Cedewain special school, Newtown
2000/1+7 Floating Lantern projects – willow sculpture workshops leading to large public events in Aberystwyth
2014 Text in Textile Art by Sara Impey Pub. Batsford
2014 The Ultimate Guide to Art Quilting by Linda Seward
2009 Featured Quilter in Patchwork and Quilting Magazine Feb
2007 Article in Planet Issue 184 by Shelagh Hourahane
2004 Egin-Artist-Led Projects, Aberystwyth Arts Centre
2003 The Quilters Companion, Quintet Publishing
B.A.(Hons) Fine Art Printmaking 2:1 Kingston Polytechnic 1987
Sericol Printmaking Prize 1986
Stage 1 British Sign Language 1998
2008 Piece in National Museum of Wales Collection ,St Fagan’s ,Cardiff
2014 Things we do In Bed - curated by Tracey Chevalier , Bexleyheath
2012 acCent! Art Quilts of the UK National Quilt Museum Paducah USA
2012 Comfort Blankets- solo show ,Welsh Quilt Centre Lampeter
2011 Comfort Blankets - group show St Dogmaels Gallery
2010 ‘Dartboard for Witches’ group show Aberystwyth Arts Centre
2010 ‘Precious’ group show Hove museum Brighton and touring Europe
2010 ‘Old and New’ Ceredigion Museum , Aberystwyth
2009 Solo -Comfort Blankets at Bronglais and Machynlleth hospitals
2009 Selected contemporary quiltmakers Minerva Centre ,Llanidloes
2009 Joint show ,Clifton Park Museum, Rotherham
2008\9 Joint show at Oriel 1 St Fagans Museum, Cardiff
2008 Art of the Stitch, Embroiders’ Guild International open exhibition ,touring Europe
2007 Comfort Blankets solo exhibition , Kirkcauldy Museum ,Scotland
2006 Solo Exhibition ‘Comfort Blankets’, Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth
2006 ‘ Undercover’ Oriel Davies, Newtown
2006 Contemporary Art Quilts, Oxfordshire, Llanidloes, Morley Gallery London
2005 Quilt association Show ‘Reds on the Bed’
2004 ‘Dare to Wear’ Ceredigion Museum
2004 Contemporary Art Quilts ‘Recycled’ Oxfordshire
2003 Contemporary Art Quilts , Oxfordshire and Bristol
2003 ‘Inspiration’ Minerva Arts Centre, Llanidloes
2003 ‘Travelling Light’ Suitcase Collection, Quilters Guild
2002 ‘Reflections’ Minerva Arts Centre, Llanidloes
2002 ‘Tender Touch’ Harrow Arts Centre, Middlesex
1999/2000 ‘It’s In Your Head’ Natural History Museum,London
Since 1989 I have worked as technical assistant with Cwmni Colourscape. Working closely with artists Peter Jones and Lynne Dickens, planning and making large scale inflatable and tensile structures. Also responsible for leading workshops about colour and light, team training and maintenance of Colourscape structures throughout Britain and Europe.
For many years I have sung and performed with vocal groups. At the moment I sing with Cor Y Gors -singing contemporary music written and led by composer Nick Jones ; and Bright Field ,an a cappella trio based in Aberystwyth. For many performances I use my textile skills and experience to create costumes and backdrops.
It's impossible to include everything in a CV of this size ( - i haven't mentioned every single T-shirt printing session ! ) - please contact me for further information.