Biography
Qualifications and Professional
- C & G Level 4 Certificate in F.E. Teaching
- Member of the Institute for Learning (MIfL)
- HND Design Crafts, NEWI Wrexham, distinction
- Licentiate of the Society of Designer Craftsmen with merit
- Executive Committee Member of Basketmakers Association
- BSc(hons) Electronic and Control Engineering (Birmingham)
Selected Exhibitions
- 2010 Childwickbury Arts Fair, Hertfordshire
- 2010 In The Window, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool
- 2010 All Wired Up, SDC Gallery, London
- 2009 Cheshire Open Studios
- 2009 Mount Pleasant Garden Sculpture Exhibition
- 2009 RHS Tatton Flower Show, Art in the Garden
- 2009 Animal Walks sculpture exhibition at Norton Priory, Runcorn
- 2009 Childwickbury Arts Fair, Hertfordshire
- 2009 One House Sculpture Trail, Macclesfield
- 2008 Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, Manchester
- 2008 Vale Royal Big Draw
- 2008 Mount Pleasant Garden Sculpture Exhibition, Cheshire
- 2008 Cheshire Open Studios
- 2008 RHS Tatton Flower Show, Art in the Garden
- 2008 Treasures in the Garden, Grosvenor Museum
- 2008 New Beginnings, SDC Gallery, London
- 2008 The Sculpture Show, Gloucestershire and Cheshire
- 2008 One House Sculpture Trail, Macclesfield
- 2007 Cheshire Open Studios
- 2007 Showcase, The Brindley Arts Centre, Runcorn
- 2007 Genesis, SDC Gallery, London
- 2007 Castle Park Arts, Frodsham
- 2007 The Sculpture Show, Gloucestershire
- 2007 The Sculpture Show, Cheshire
- 2007 Touch Wood, Ferrers Gallery, Leicestershire
- 2006 New Artists & Makers Emporium, Stoneleigh
- 2006 Cheshire Open Studios
- 2006 Castle Park Arts Centre, Frodsham
- 2006 WildArt, Bonhams
- 2006 The Sculpture Show, Cheshire
- 2006 The Sculpture Show, Cotswolds
- 2006 Handmade, 20-21 Gallery, Scunthorpe
- 2005 Wrexham Open, Wrexham Art Centre
- 2005 New Artists and Makers Emporium, Stoneleigh
- 2005 Chester Open, Grosvenor Museum
- 2004 New Designers Part I, London
Professional
- 2007 to present - Teaching regularly courses in willow sculpture, traditional and contemporary basketry to adults and to schools
- Oct 2006 - elected to committee of the Basketmakers Association
- Sept 2006 to present - West Cheshire College, basketry tutor
- 2004 to 2010 - University of Huddersfield, basketry tutor
- 2006 to present - Regular willow sculpture workshops at Castle Park Arts Centre, Frodsham
Media and Publications
- 2010 Homes and Gardens Magazine
- 2009 Sandpipers featured in Country Living magazine
- 2008 BBC RHS Tatton Flower Show coverage
- 2008 BBC Radio Merseyside
- 2008 The Sunday Times
- 2008 Craft and Design Magazine "Selected"
- 2007 Craft and Design Magazine "What's Hot"
- 2007 image used on the cover of The Brindley Theatre Summer programme
- 2006 Cesteria (Basketry), Parramon Ediciones, S.A. Spain
- Oct 2005 ITV This Morning, "Britain's Craftiest"
