CV

Awards

2025  – Business Boost 2 North Devon Council UK Shared Prosperity Fund; creating a space to welcome and encourage people to visit gallery

   

2017  – Shortlisted Jerwood Visual Arts Artist Bursary

2016 – Lottery Funding, through Arts Council England for ‘Hand to Hand’ project

2014 – The Elmgrant Trust funding for ‘Hand to Hand’ project

2013 – Visual Arts South West Professional Development Bursary

2013 – Craft Pottery Charitable Trust Annual Ceramics Award

Talks/Workshops

2021  – ‘The Power of Making‘, Burton at Bideford

2018 –  ‘A Sense of Place,’ North Devon Arts

2016 – ‘Hand to Hand’, Honouring North Devon’s Glove Workers

2016 – Making Memory Boxes, participatory art workshops, ‘Hand to Hand’ project

2014 – ‘Ceramics Practice’, University of Plymouth College, Petroc

Professional Development

2021 – 5-Day Table Loom Weaving

2021 – Weaving commission; squab covers for two 16^th century children’s chairs

2020 – 5-Day Table Loom Weaving

2019 – 6-Day Masterclass; Large-scale Advanced Paperclay, Professor Rebecca Hutchinson

2017 – 5-Day Masterclass; Advanced Sculptural Paperclay, Professor Rebecca Hutchinson

2015 – 7-Day Creativity is Play Course, Sandy Brown

2014 – Painting with Clay (Earth Pigments), Pete Ward

2013 – 2-Day Masterclass; A Sculptural Approach to Paperclay, Professor Rebecca Hutchinson

2012 – 7-Day Creativity is Play Course, Sandy Brown

Employment

2011 onwards – Executive Assistant to Sandy Brown

Education

2012 – Foundation Degree Ceramics (Distinction), University of Plymouth College, Petroc

Selected Publicity

2021 – North Devon Journal

2021 – The North Devon Makers Podcast Series

2016 – BBC TV Spotlight, BBC Radio Devon, Craft Potters Association Magazine, Arts Culture

2013 – Craft Potters Association News June/July, MAKE Southwest Spring newsletter

 Memberships

Associate Member, Craft Potters Association

CAMP, Contemporary Art Membership Platform