I am a visual artist working with a variety of different media including porcelain, glass and taxidermy. My aim is to encourage people to pause, look twice and hopefully think about the increasing rate of species extinction.
A career as a veterinary nurse and a lifetime surrounded by animals has left its mark – I have found that I return to animals and nature for inspiration in my own work. I am fascinated by the skeletal structure of animals, particularly birds. This can be seen in my work which often includes small porcelain pieces inspired by bones.
Experimenting with different techniques and processes is a constant part of my creative process. I enjoy the new challenges and that feeling of excitement when something new is emerging from this stage.
MA Creative Practice Hull College 2024
BA(Hons) Fine Art Hull College 2022
ACCESS to Art and Design Hull College 2019
INTER_CHANGE program, Humber Street Gallery, Hull. October 2023 - 24.
General Office, Stourbridge. Glass Beginnings, August - September 2024. International Glass Festival 2024 Commended for new graduate award.
Hull College of Art and Design. The Essence of Birdness, August 2024 (final MA project)
Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield. “Skull and Bones” exhibition (glass slides) 2024
Ferens Art Gallery, Hull. Open exhibition (glass ammonite panel) June - September 2024
87 Gallery, Princes Avenue, Hull. “What we made”. Smoke fired ceramic bones 2024
Hedon Museum. “The Sunk Island Dodo”, June - August 2023 (solo show)
Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield. Chicken bone (porcelain) 2023
Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield. Fragment 1 (porcelain) 2022
Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield. Chicken bone (screen print) 2022
Hull College of Art and Design. “The Sunk Island Dodo”, June 2022 (final degree show)
Beverley Treasure House. Bird foot (wax) 2022
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