Journal

My next Open Studio at Maws Craft Centre will be on Saturday 3rd August, 10am-4pm

Reflections and highlights from a year of being a full-time self-employed basketry artist.

A garden designed by Olivia Copley featuring some of my willow creations was awarded a Silver Gilt medal at RHS Tatton Park Flower Show

Learning the critically endangered basketry technique of scuttlework with basketmaker Hilary Burns MBE.

My next Open Studio at Maws Craft Centre will be on Saturday 6th July 10am-4pm.

A vine and willow sculptural basket to celebrate the terroir of my family's vineyard.

Finished willow woman sculpture at the Green Wood Centre, as part of the Small Woods Association's green social prescribing programme.

My next Open Studio at Maws Craft Centre will be on Saturday 1st June 10am-4pm.

My next Open Studio at Maws Craft Centre will be on Saturday 4th May 10am-4pm.

I'm delighted to have been awarded funding from Arts Council England as part of their Developing Your Creative Practice programme.

I've started work on a new social forestry project at the Green Wood Centre, working with a group of women to make a willow sculpture.

My next Open Studio at Maws Craft Centre will be on Saturday 6th April 10am-4pm.

A site transformed, new friends made, skills learnt, a basket to take home, and many more years of Ironbridge-grown willow to come.

Open Day at the Ironbridge Community Willow Bed on Thursday 28th March, 1-3pm.

Installation of sculpture trail for the Bumblebee Conservation Trust in Reedswood Park, Walsall

My next Open Studio at Maws Craft Centre will be on Saturday 2nd March, 10am-4pm.

The start of my willow growing journey

An acorn and oak leaf willow sculpture for the Squatter's Cottage at Lightmoor Village, Telford.

My first Open Studio of 2024 will be on Saturday 3rd February, 10am-4pm.

Maintenance of living willow sculpture and community willow beds at Lawley Community Garden.