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After completing my art foundation course I worked with mixed media for around six years, creating works on paper and fabric using painting, printing and stitch. I then began to focus on hand embroidery, and have now worked in this way for the last five years.
I love the possibilities of embroidery and the range of marks and textures that can be built up with stitch. I tend to utilise back stitch or stem stitch to 'draw' outlines, before using straight stitches of varying lengths to fill in space and add areas of pattern. I am very inspired by Kantha embroidery, building up areas of colour using small straight/ seed stitches. I am also partial to the odd French knot.
My favourite things to embroider is birds; their colours and patterns lend themselves so well to being translated into stitch, I really enjoy working out ways to turn certain details into areas of pattern (such as feather shapes on their wings) and working out how to stylise and simplify certain areas.
Although my work is primarily illustrative, I occasionally work on a small abstract piece in an attempt to capture the essence of a place, or sometimes purely to explore a particularly pleasing colour combination.
Drawing is an important part of my process, and when starting a new piece of work I usually make preparatory drawings from my photographs or imagination. When working on an abstract piece I will generally work more spontaneously, laying down stitch to see what emerges. I find that this can often yield exciting results.
I produce downloadable embroidery patterns featuring a range of birds. I really love encouraging and supporting others on their embroidery journeys and I am so touched when people tell me about or send photos of their finished projects created using my patterns. For more information about my patterns, visit my patterns page.
I also work with felt to create folk art inspired decorations. I have made many individual decorations, custom orders (including a set for artist Clive Hicks- Jenkins inspired by his illustrations for a retelling of Hansel and Gretel by poet laureate Simon Armitage, and several decorations based on people's pets) and a larger felt piece for the MOMA Machynlleth competition exhibition. Visit my felt page for more information and images.
I have extensive experience in creating patterns and articles for magazines and love to work on projects like this, if you would like me to contribute a project or article to your publication, be it a magazine or book, please contact me.
A small selection of original hoop art is often made available through my Etsy shop, alternatively you are always welcome to contact me directly.
I love the possibilities of embroidery and the range of marks and textures that can be built up with stitch. I tend to utilise back stitch or stem stitch to 'draw' outlines, before using straight stitches of varying lengths to fill in space and add areas of pattern. I am very inspired by Kantha embroidery, building up areas of colour using small straight/ seed stitches. I am also partial to the odd French knot.
My favourite things to embroider is birds; their colours and patterns lend themselves so well to being translated into stitch, I really enjoy working out ways to turn certain details into areas of pattern (such as feather shapes on their wings) and working out how to stylise and simplify certain areas.
Although my work is primarily illustrative, I occasionally work on a small abstract piece in an attempt to capture the essence of a place, or sometimes purely to explore a particularly pleasing colour combination.
Drawing is an important part of my process, and when starting a new piece of work I usually make preparatory drawings from my photographs or imagination. When working on an abstract piece I will generally work more spontaneously, laying down stitch to see what emerges. I find that this can often yield exciting results.
I produce downloadable embroidery patterns featuring a range of birds. I really love encouraging and supporting others on their embroidery journeys and I am so touched when people tell me about or send photos of their finished projects created using my patterns. For more information about my patterns, visit my patterns page.
I also work with felt to create folk art inspired decorations. I have made many individual decorations, custom orders (including a set for artist Clive Hicks- Jenkins inspired by his illustrations for a retelling of Hansel and Gretel by poet laureate Simon Armitage, and several decorations based on people's pets) and a larger felt piece for the MOMA Machynlleth competition exhibition. Visit my felt page for more information and images.
I have extensive experience in creating patterns and articles for magazines and love to work on projects like this, if you would like me to contribute a project or article to your publication, be it a magazine or book, please contact me.
A small selection of original hoop art is often made available through my Etsy shop, alternatively you are always welcome to contact me directly.
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