About

Having spent many years as a photographic stylist sourcing beautiful objects made by others; I had a yearning to create some of my own. I began by experimenting with plants from my garden and went on to forage natural materials from further afield, before completing the two-year basketry course at City Lit.

I endeavour to create baskets that express the movement and freedom of the plant world using traditional weaving techniques to bind them. I find motivation in the form, colour and texture of trees with their combination of strength and fragility.

Exhibitions

Collect at Somerset House March 2023
The New Craftsmen ‘Plant Explorations’ May 2022
Ruthin Craft Centre ‘Rhythm, Renewal & Reinvention’ 2021-2022
Hanbury Hall ‘Making in the Moment’ 2021
Bell House ‘Sculpture Park’ 2021
Hanbury Hall: ‘Basketeers’, 2020
Espacio Gallery: ‘Twist and Turn’ 20219
Gallery H: ‘Transformation’ Chelsea Fringe Festival 2018
Bell House: Dulwich festival 2018

Christiane Sands Award 2019
Barbara Maynard Cup 2019, awarded by the Basketmakers’ Association