I will also be exhibiting at the Stroudwater Textile Festival throughout May and will be presenting a talk there on 2nd May.
For details see the website: www.stroudwatertextiles.com

June 2008

I have just upgraded the website and thought this would be a good opportunity to illustrate some of the work in progress and in a more raw state.

What I do is unashamedly process driven. There is the site searching, the photography, the digital imaging, the digital printing and when all that is done there is the stitching and stretching. Only when the work is finally on the canvas can I really stand back and see it. It's funny because I like to work in large scale and yet my artwork in on a 19" computer screen. I only get to see the full scale image once it has been fabric printed!

The following are some photographs of my work in its developing state:

1. Detail of the stitch work in progress

2. A Stack of completed canvases waiting to be stretched. What you see is the reverse side and shows the extent of the stitching to the image.

3. A washing line full of canvases. They look so luxurious all piled together. I fancy covering a sofa in some.

4. The washing line detail - close up stitching.

If you want to see some of my work, then you can currently find it at The Bluecoat Display Centre, Hanover Street in Liverpool. I will also be showing at the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, Manchester, in October 23 - 26th
For details see www.greatnorthernevents.co.uk

I am also appearing as a feature artist in the July edition of Embroidery Magazine www.embroiderersguild.com and in a new book called 'Processes - 50 product designers from concept to manufacture' by Jennifer Hudson published by Lawrence King.