Welcome to My Current Work gallery

My current work covers a variety of approaches. From simple Seascape pictures created through using yarn-wrapping techniques, to the complexities of jacquard pieces which will gradually come on-line as I develop it, I like to create pieces that speak to my soul as well as my weaving brain! At the moment, I am showing just the Seascape range and the one-off artwork range I call Fusion.

I am developing a series of pieces woven on both the jacquard loom and the multi-shaft loom. This range is called Earthscape and is based on satellite and aerial images. This research is an ongoing process and I cannot publish work on my website until it has been shown in exhibitions or published in hard copy as showing it on my website would preclude it from being seen elsewhere. So please bear with me....

My work can also be seen on www.axisweb.org.

Current exhibitions :

How Art is Made - Galleries 12 & 13, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery; MTF exhibit at Evesham Library - 27 Feb - 27 Mar 2010.

Upcoming exhibitions :
MTF 'Exotica' - 4th Sept - 1st Oct 2010 at Birmingham Botanical Gardens; 'Gifted 2010' - Nov/Dec 2010 Joint exhibition at Newcastle-under-Lyme Museum & Art Gallery.

Previous exhibitions :

Galeria Sophia Wanamaker, San Jose, Costa Rica; Yorkshire Craft Centre; 20/21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe; Harley Gallery Shop, Worksop; Borough Museum & Art Gallery, Newcastle-under-Lyme; Potteries Museum, Hanley; The New Studio, Olney; Church House Designs, Congresbury; Bilston Craft Gallery; Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester; Leeds City Museum & Art Gallery; Wedgwood International Visitor Centre, Barlaston; Moorlands Art Centre, Leek; Leek Arts Festival; The Hub, Sleaford; Rufford Craft Centre.

Current Work

One-Off Artwork

Fusion
Fusion is the combining of watercolour and textural weaving. Each piece is created through developing a weave structure that captures the essence of what I want the piece to be about, then dyeing it and adding other media to enhance it, and then creating a sky through watercolour that captures the mood of the whole scene. Fusion is about the sea, the sky and sometimes, the land.

	Title: Medium: Size:	Norfolk Beach Mixed media 70 x 45 cm 2006	SOLD

	Title: Medium: Size:	Atoll Mixed media 60 x 50 cm 2006	SOLD

	Title: Medium: Size:	Stormy Sea Mixed media 60 x 50 cm 2006	SOLD

	Title: Medium: Size:	Sea's Edge Mixed media 35 x 25 cm 2006	£175

	Title: Medium: Size:	Calm Bay Mixed media 55.5 x 44cm 2006	£295

	Title: Medium: Size:	Sandbar Woven / dyed 48 x 46.5 cm 2007	£250

	Title: Medium: Size:	Firehills 1 Woven/dyed/watercolour 58 x 68 cm 2007	SOLD

	Title: Medium: Size:	Firehills 2 Woven/dyed/watercolour 41 x 45 cm 2007	SOLD

Seascape
Seascape is about capturing a mood between sea and sky inspired by the British coast. These yarn-wrap pieces capture the inifinite variations of sea and sky during sunsets, brewing storms, tranquil days. They aim to be contemplative pieces that you can gaze at quietly, whilst your mind unwinds from the stresses of your day. Each of them is hand-framed in a soft-white stained wooden frame to fit in with your house and decor, whether modern or old, contemporary or traditional. Single images Price £ 90 Multiple images Price £150

	Title: Medium: Size:	Sea Mood 1 Yarn-wrap on watercolour pencil background 23 x 20 cm 2007	£90

	Title: Medium: Size:	Purple Haze Yarn-wrap on watercolour pencil background 23 x 20 cm 2007	£90

	Title: Medium: Size:	Nightfall Yarn-wrap on watercolour pencil background 23 x 20 cm 2007	£90

	Title: Medium: Size:	Peninsular Yarn-wrap on watercolour pencil background 23 x 20 cm 2007	£90

	Title: Medium: Size:	Ebb Tide Yarn-wrap on watercolour pencil background 23 x 20 cm 2007	£90

	Title: Medium: Size:	Calm Mood Yarn-wrap on watercolour pencil background 23 x 20 cm 2005	£90

	Title: Medium: Size:	Calm Sea Yarn-wrap on watercolour pencil background 23 x 20 cm 2007	£90

	Title: Medium: Size:	Day's End Yarn-wrap on watercolour pencil background 23 x 20 cm 2007	£90

	Title: Medium: Size:	Beach Stroll 1 Yarn-wrap on watercolour pencil background 23 x 20 cm 2007	SOLD

	Title: Medium: Size:	Yellow Mood Yarn-wrap on watercolour pencil background 23 x 20 cm 2007	£90

	Title: Medium: Size:	Streaked Sky Yarn-wrap on watercolour pencil background 23 x 20 cm 2007	£90

	Title: Medium: Size:	Sunset Sea Yarn-wrap on watercolour pencil background 23 x 20 cm 2007	£90

	Title: Medium: Size:	Twilight Yarn-wrap on watercolour pencil background 23 x 20 cm 2007	£90

	Title: Medium: Size:	Shallow Yarn-wrap on watercolour pencil background 23 x 20 cm 2007	£SOLD

	Title: Medium: Size:	Spring Day Beach Stroll 2 Yarn-wrap on watercolour pencil background 23 x 20 cm 2007	SOLD

	Title: Medium: Size:	Sea Mood 2 Yarn-wrap on watercolour pencil background 23 x 20 cm 2007	SOLD

	Title: Medium: Size:	Sea Mood 3 Yarn-wrap on watercolour pencil background 23 x 20 cm 2007	£90

	Title: Medium: Size:	Shoreline Yarn-wrap on watercolour background 32 x 43 cm 2005	£150

	Title: Medium: Size:	Shades of Blue Yarn-wrap on watercolour background 32 x 43 cm 2005	£150

	Title: Medium: Size:	Pastel Sunset Yarn-wrap on watercolour background 32 x 43 cm 2005	£150

	Title: Medium: Size:	Landfall Yarn-wrap on watercolour background 32 x 43 cm 2005	£150

	Title: Medium: Size:	Gentle Surf Yarn-wrap on watercolour background 32 x 43 cm 2005	£150

	Title: Medium: Size:	Calm Sea Smooth As Glass Yarn-wrap on watercolour background 32 x 43 cm 2005	£150

Exhibition and Gallery Pieces
I am developing work specifically for larger exhibition and gallery spaces based on satellite and aerial impressions of uninhabited areas of the Earth.

Earthscape
I'm very interested in nature's erosion on nature. At the moment, this work is in experimental stage, but I hope to have some images on Earthscape to add to the website later.

For further information on techniques, please visit the Design & Research page