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 16th 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, 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, Sandy Brown

Employment

2011 – present Executive Assistant to Sandy Brown

Education

2026-2027        Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Ceramics, University of Massachusetts 

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