I have recently graduated from the University of Hertfordshire, with a First Class degree in Applied Art.
My current body of work confronts society’s view of women and ‘The Body Beautiful’ and drawing on my own personal feelings post enforced surgery and childbirth; I have produced delicate porcelain vessels from bellies and breasts, which question the way that women view themselves.
I enjoy the playfulness of these pieces, alongside the more sombre context of society’s warped views on body image. I want to show through beautiful delicate forms that we are all beautiful shapes and it is only society’s perceived constraints and our own self-perception that changes how others view us.
Exhibitions
The Art Shed. Ware. Hertfordshire. 4 July - 11 August 2008
New Designers. Islington. 3-6 July 2008
University of Hertfordshire. Degree Show. 22 – 28 May 2008.
Jameson Solicitors, Ware. Hertfordshire
August – September 2007 (6 week run) Solo Exhibition
Mill Green Museum. Hatfield. Hertfordshire
8 – 15 May 2007. Solo Exhibition
Jameson Solicitors, Ware. Hertfordshire
July 2006. Solo Exhibition
Hertford Regional College, Ware. Hertfordshire
June 2005. Group Exhibition.
Student rep organising New Designers for the Applied Arts course
Student Proctor – University of Hertfordshire – Ceramic Department, Assisting Technician and running Kilns. 2006 – ongoing.
Priorswood School, Ware. Henry Moore Project – sculpture. Making, glazing and firing ceramics with year 6 students. 2007
The Chauncy School, Ware. Hertfordshire. Visiting Artist – Felt making masks, year 8 students. 2005
Priorswood School, Ware. Preparing and delivering art classes to year 3 students. 2003-2004
Millennium Models: Part time modelmaker
Glaxo: Model maker, making product models. 1987-1995
Fosters & Partners, 1987
Applied Art BA – University of Hertfordshire, 2005-2008
Access Course, Hertford Regional College, 2004-2005
Model making Diploma, St Albans College of Art, 1985-1987
BTEC Diploma in Art and Design, Eastbourne College of Art and Design, 1983 – 1985