As the winner of last year’s New Ashgate Craft Prize I am pleased to announce that my work will be featured in an exhibition at the New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham from 1 Otober to 2 November 2019. Also on show will be the beautiful patinated copper and brass trugs by Jane Crisp and the fabulous baskets for cats by Judith…
I’m proud to yet again be featured in this beautiful bookazine filled with homes to dream of in picturesque and fascinating locations. Think log cabins, Scandinavian minimalist style, contemporary minimalism and you are on the...
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Side by side in the photo above are both English Gardens and English Robins about to make there way to the Danish Weaving Festival at Jyderup, Denmark, tomorrow in time for the exhibition (9-10 June 2018). They are my homage to the...
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I’m writing this in great haste as I pack for travel to Denmark tomorrow. I am taking lots of my handwoven lambswool throws to display in an exhibition of my work alongside the work of tapestry weaver, Joan Baxter and rug weaver...
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Its not often that you feel you have met your perfect match, but this autumn I certainly met mine… stylistically speaking. Deputy Home and Style Editor at Country Living, Alaina Binks, approached me last autumn with a request to...
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Handmade UK – Exhibition – at “Weave Festival – Denmark 2018” – 9 to 10 June, West Zealand, DK
16th March 2018I shall be travelling to Denmark again this summer to take part in an exhibition of work – Handmade UK – by three British weavers, as part of the Weaving Festival – Denmark 2018 in West Zealand. Scottish tapestry...
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There are times when life is just too busy and things get left behind, Sharing some photos of the finished Russian Jumper is one of those things that time forgot. Until today when I went to put it on and thought,,, its now or...
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Monksbelt or munkabälte is one of the oldest of patterned European textiles and is thought to have originated in Malmöhus County in Sweden – now part of Skåne in the very southernmost tip of Sweden. Whether you can say it is a...
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Drawing its inspiration from Swedish mid century rugs woven by the great women weavers of that period, this is a stunning piece of workmanship – so beautiful that I have finished it such that it can be hung as a piece of textile...
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These beautiful blanket shawls are designed and handwoven by me using a delicate and open weave structure which I have been developing. It reminds me of the Norwegian drawn threadwork technique known as Hardanger, hence the name. ...
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'Coverlet' takes its name from the beautiful 18th century American blankets which inspired this design. These strongly geometric block drafts can be traced back to early European designs which can be found in many old German weaving books.
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‘Lineal’ is a clean, modernist, linear grid design inspired by vintage rugs produced by the great Swedish rug designers and weavers of the mid 20th century, such as Marta Maas-Fjetterstrom and Ingegerd Silow. These...
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Since the summer of 2016 I have been working alongside the South West Regional National Trust on a collection of limited edition lambswool throws, sales of which will go towards supporting the work of the Trust in protecting one...
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