I originally trained as a jewellery designer at Central St Martins. I soon found I wanted to work with more colour and patten and sidestepped into painting and illustration...
the fact that fabrics are already loaded with intense colour and pattern so I began mixing textiles and paint. The feel and touch of something is important to me. I suppose my first foray into this medium was creating large needlepoint tapestries that took months to finish. I found the act of stitching to be therapeutic and it sparked me with ideas that I could mull over whilst stitching...
For me picking up a needle is disappearing into my own space. Slowly the two worlds melded and my illustration became textile based.