I make baskets and forms which are a response to materials I gather from the land. I work mainly with willow and coppiced ash. I like to have my feet on the earth.

My work draws on the sturdiness of agricultural baskets, the curves of the landscape around me and a deep respect for ancient crafts.

EXHIBITIONS

2011           Useful and Beautiful Worshipful Co. of Basket Makers

2010           Inspired By Victoria and Albert Museum London

2009           Working the Willow Musgrove Willows- Somerset

EDUCATION

2010           Crafts Council- Emerging Makers Programme

2009- 2011  City and Guilds: Creative Basket making Part 2- City lit

2006-2009   City and Guilds: Creative Basket making Part 1- City Lit

OTHER STUDIES

Coracle making, split wood basketry, large scale living willow structures, Japanese rice straw, willow growing, bamboo structures, hazel and oak frame baskets.

SELECTED COMMISSIONS

Standen National Trust

Kew at Wakehurst

Creative partnerships