Last week I was invited to speak on Front Row BBC Radio 4 about my online Soothing Stitch tutorials and how crafts can help boost mental health, especially under lockdown. I really enjoyed the chat. If you'd like to have a listen, here is a...
I am delighted to announce that I have been selected for an artist residency at China Exchange UK. China Exchange is a charity engaged in promoting culture and creativity in China Town, London. Looking forward to beginning the residency in February....
Let’s talk about Art and it’s place in a society. Art is without doubt what makes our values, concerns, hopes and despair visible. We usually think of it as an object/idea made with meaning, something to cherish. I think it goes beyond that. To me,...
This month I had the pleasure of visiting St Thomas' Primary School in West London to talk to the Year 1 children about my practice and do an art project with them using eco-printing and stitch. Over two days we used locally foraged plants and...
Happy new year! Welcome to my new embroidery project. ‘Chiswick Without Borders’ is a participatory art project that invites you to stitch your connections to the world with a symbolic migratory bird- a swallow and its flight linking the map of Chiswick to places around the...
I was over the moon when I found that London Story Map had been selected for the Showcase curated by Grant Gibson, the editor of Crafts Magazine at Cockpit Arts Open studios! It was in fantastic company too with vessel from Eleanor Lakelin, Millinery by...
I'm so thrilled to announce my collaboration with The New Craftsmen - a fantastic gallery that curates, commissions and sells unique contemporary objects that are rooted in craftsmanship and narrative. My British Isles Map is available from the Mayfair showroom as well as their online store...
I'm so delighted to be featured in CREA Traveller magazine, such a beautiful Japanese publication! Thank you folks at CREA for the feature, especially the lush photography. ...
Very pleased to be featured in our local newspaper The Chiswick Herald in the run up to my open studios Artists at Home in Chiswick. Read the full article here Over 70 artists are opening their studios to the public during Artists at Home, 16-18 June, 2017. Hope to see...
Sophie Zajicek's beautiful work The lovely Sophie Zajicek is interning with us currently at the studio. An accomplished weaver with an exceptional eye for detail, Sophie is a joy to have with us. See her work here.Soon she would be off to Peru to learn...