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All my life I have been interested in working with different materials creating objects.
Working as a teacher in special educational needs I expressed my passion for the applied arts and planned and worked on several projects making masks, felting or printing on textiles with children.
In the last 5 years I changed my career from teaching children to creating textile objects and wearable art.
I use different techniques such as felting, spinning and weaving, mat making or sewing in order to express myself.
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Upcoming
- Costume design pojects at Hartlepool college of Art and design
Ongoing:
- Made In Newcastle
Empty shop project
http://madeinnewcastle.blogspot.com/
- Felting and Textile Art and design courses at the Linskill Centre
Workshop
Textile workshops on needle and wet felting, braiding and drift wood mobiles at the Ouseburn Community festival
June/July 2010
Made In Newcastle
Empty shop project
http://madeinnewcastle.blogspot.com/
March 2010
Workshop/Demonstration
Hands-on Demonstration of wool carding, spinning and felting at Makers Fayre, Science Fest, Centre for Life, Newcastle
February 2010
Private commission
Making a prom dress
December2009/January2010
Private commission
Making dance outfit for performance at Designer Bodies, Science Fest, Centre for Life, Newcastle
October 2009
Workshop
Hands-on Demonstration of wool carding and spinning with the drop spindle at Rising Sun farm
July/August 2009
Projects and workshops
Felt project with Wool Craft Support centre Ulan Bators/Mongolia and Warm in Winter Tunkhel/Mongolia
May/June 2009
Workshop
Mask making with different community groups at Jarrow festival
October 2008
Workshop
Hands-on Demonstration of wool carding and spinning with the drop spindle at Rising Sun farm
July/August 2008
Projects and workshops
Felt project with White circle and Duraan Saana in Ulan Batoor/Mongolia
May/June 2008
Workshop
Mask making with different community groups at Jarrow festival
January 2008
Workshop
Maskmaking at Hedworthfield community centre
December 2007
Private Commission
Design and making of several butterfly brooches for Butterfly world, Darlington
August 2007
Private Commission
Designing and making a wall hanging using different embroidery techniques
October 2006
Private commission
Designing and making a dress for a graduation ceremony
August 2006
Private commission
Designing and making a coronation style dress for an art show at Newcastle University
June 2006
Private commission
Designing and making a belly dance outfit for annual performance at HAFLA in June
February 2006
Showing samples worked in different techniques i.e. spinning, weaving, tablet weaving, using materials grown, prepared and hand-dyed at the demonstration farm
December 2005
Designing and making a bias-cut dress
Theatre performance at Bede’s World
Designing and making of 3 costumes for “Bathildis” production of South Shields based theatre group “The Vision”
Facilitating a session of interactive textile art and design with staff at Mind in Gateshead and making several wall hangings
September 2005
Theatre performance at Bede’s World
Designing and making of 2 costumes for “Beowulf” production of South Shields based theatre group “The Vision”
August 2005
Private commission
Designing and making several patchwork covers
July - September 2005
- Facilitating art and craft sessions with service users at Mind in Gateshead
- Designing and making a triptych using different techniques of appliqué
June 2005
Textile display at Avenues Project at St. Nicholas Hospital
Making of 2 patchwork appliqué wall hangings
February 2005
Theatre performance at Morpeth
Designing and making of 2 ’50s style costumes for performance of play “Darling Bud of May”