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My work seeks to develop sculptural textiles and structures, often featuring a repetition of pattern and a quirky use of traditional techniques.

I enjoy teaching art textiles part time, alongside continuing to evolve my own work. Techniques I explore: knitting, weaving, twining, pleating.

CV

Qualifications
MA Design Products Royal College of Art 2002- 2004
BA (first class honours) Textile Design Winchester School of Art 1999-2002
PGCE Post 16 Cert Ed

Awards
BDC New Designer of the Year Award 2002. New Designers, Business Design Center, London.
Georgina von Etzdorf Prize 2002. Awarded for innovation in textiles.

Exhibitions
FORETHCOMING
Cranleigh Arts Centrex, Group Exhibition 9th - 25th February 2010.

PAST
"Indigenous and Ingenious" SCIN, London Design Festival, 2007
The Shed of Sheds, September 2005.
Art in the Garden 2005, The Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Hampshire.
The Daily Mail Ideal Home Show, Concept Products, March 2005.
Royal College of Art, The Show: Part Two, 2004.
Talente 2003, Munich. Supported by the Crafts Council, UK.
One Year On, Crafts Council at New Designers 2003. BDC, London.
Artists In Residency Exhibition, Kyoto Arts Center, Japan 2003.
New Designer of The Year, New Designers 2002, BDC London.

Experience
Godalming College, Surrey, Art Textiles Teacher, since 2005.
Ecole Superieure d'Art et de Design, ESAD, Reims, 2004. Visiting lecturer, "la Semaine folle."

Website designs:
www.oliverway.co.uk
www.heloise-harp.co.uk
www.bignorromanvilla.co.uk
www.garsons.co.uk/

Press
'Homemade Heroes,' FX MAGAZINE, June 2007.
'Forces of Nature,' SURFACE, Issue 64, Spring 2007.
'Combining Textiles And Garden Sculpture: Art in the Garden.' www.threelayercake.com, 2006.
'Verdi Intrecci' CASAMICA, April 2006.
'Craft' GRAND DESIGNS Magazine, Issue 7, September 2004.
'Comfort' KITCHEN BEDROOM BATHROOM Magazine, October 2003.