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I am passionate about creating with textiles.

My desire to create is stimulated by my daily walks in the natural landscape of Galloway, my home in South West Scotland. I find inspiration in the rich colours in the hills, pattern and marks in the dense woodlands and the huge variety of lichens found at the coastline.

My passion for textiles was ignited early, hand knitting at my mother's knee and teenage years making my own clothes​.

After a long and satisfying career as a Healthcare Professional, I returned to education gaining a degree in Contemporary Textile Practice at the Northern College of Art.

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Currently, my practice is focused on using natural dyes in my work, extracting colour with dye plants from my garden, the hedgerows and food waste. Working with plant dyes is a slow and unpredictable process, no two dye baths are ever the same, which I find exciting and challenging at the same time! Gathering gorse flowers in early spring, umbels of feathery fennel in summer, and wind fallen lichen in late autumn, provides me a wonderfully, close connection to nature and rhythms of the seasons.

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My hand crafted textiles are created from many exploratory samples, using my drawings and photographs of the landscape. My completed pieces feature my signature plant dyed, hand printed textiles and can include freehand machine embroidery, hand knitting and crochet.

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