CV
Education
2013 Experimenting with Dyes, Big Cat Textiles, Newburgh
2009-2011 Evening classes/mentoring with silversmith Bryony Knox
2010-2013 Artist-led workshops with Lucy Casson (recycled tin), Julie Arkell (papier mache), Donya Coward (textile taxidermy)
2009 Embroiderers’ Guild, Scottish Region Summer School
2001 Tapestry and Felt Summer School, Leith School of Art
2000 Evening class in wire sculpture, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
1998 Weekend course in mosaics, Stenton
1995-2007 Evening/weekend classes in drawing, screenprinting, fibre sculpture, jewellery, Edinburgh College of Art
1992-3 Textiles levels 1 & 2, Open College of the Arts
Group exhibitions/Open Studios
2014 Took part in Open Studios North Fife
2014 Identity – piecing it together / Frayed Edges, Patriothall Gallery @ WASPS, Edinburgh
2013 A splash/dash of red, Thomson’s Tower in Dr. Neil’s Garden, Edinburgh
2012 wabi sabi / Frayed Edges, Patriothall Gallery @ WASPS, Edinburgh
2011 Poste Restante, An Tobar, Mull
2010 TEXTiles / Frayed Edges, Patriothall Gallery @ WASPS, Edinburgh
2008 The Great Exhibition / Frayed Edges, Patriothall Gallery @ WASPS, Edinburgh
2006 Felt and Nostalgia / Frayed Edges, Patriothall Gallery @ WASPS, Edinburgh
Commissions
2014 Hockey girl: wall sculpture fashioned out of recycled tins and wire (individual)
2011 Two name signs for baby twins made out of their formula milk tins (individual)
Talks
2015 Perth branch of the Embroiderers’ Guild (October)
2014 Aberdeen South branch of the Embroiderers’ Guild
Groups/Associations
2015 Co-founded informal arts group in Newburgh
2014 Joined a-n, The Artists Information Company
2005-present Member of the exhibiting group Frayed Edges (members include Jeanette Sendler)