I am a dedicated textile designer who is committed and enthusiastic about design and design processes. I am very careful and detailed within my work. Creating new and exciting surfaces by collaging and using different processes is what I find intriguing. I would love to use the facilities at Teeside University to develop my design skills further utilizing the equipment my work requires.

My current work consists of mainly paper –based work intended for interiors. I have used floristry as an inspiration for my current designs: I have looked particularly at Constance Spry and traditional floristry from the fifties that are considered old fashioned and a bit tacky and used them as a basis for my designs. The floral arrangements featured odd looking objects such as bags, shoes, vases and watering cans: an aspect I loved exploring. They were highly staged and very formal, this ‘staging’ was an aspect I really wanted to explore within my work. I wanted to challenge the idea of floral arrangements being old fashioned and develop a new and innovative way of presenting them that is interesting and worked as a paper print solutions. I wanted them to have strong influence from my inspiration but be more modern. I have used a variety of print processes and drawings of flowers and combined them with monoprinting with leaves to create floral arrangements that are very controlled and colour coded with a natural touch to them.

I would like to continue to investigate this subject area as I am still excited by it and combine my personal photography and print processes. There are still many arangement styles I would like  to experiment with. I would like to create a wider range of arrangements and explore more through print processes and experimentation on both paper and fabrics.