Education
1976 – 1978 MA Printed Textiles Royal College of Art
1973 – 1976 BA Printed Textiles Winchester School of Art
1972 – 1973 Hornsey College of Art Foundation Course
Awards
2014 Creative Wales Ambassador Award
2008 Arts Council of Wales Production Grant
2003 Creative Wales Award
1999 Wales Arts International – Exhibiting overseas award
1996 Arts Council of Wales – Travel Award
1984 British Council Scholarship to Romania
1982 British Council Scholarship to Hungary
1979 British Council Scholarship to Czechoslovakia
1977 Sandersons Art in Industry Award Collections
Collections
2012 Museum of the Romanian Peasant, Bucharest
2000 Bankfield Museum, Halifax
1999 Povazske Museum, Zilina, Slovakia
1978 Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Commissions
2009 Commissioned to design ceramic and textile products for The National Museum of Wales
2008 Commissioned to create a Textile Trail for The National Wool Museum
2004 Commissioned by NHS Grampian for the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital
2000 Made prize for Welsh Business Person of the Year, National Eisteddfod of Wales, Llanelli
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2005 Stories in the Making- organised by Ruthin Craft Centre and toured to:
- Iona Gallery, Kingussie
- St Fergus Gallery, Wick
- Swanson Gallery, Caithness
- Mission Gallery, Swansea
2005 Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Carmarthen
2000 Unwinding the Thread – Bankfield Museum, Halifax
1999 Focus showcase – Contemporary Applied Arts
1999 Embroideries in the Air – Povazske Museum, Slovakia
1999 Embroideries in the Air – Slovak National Museum
1998 Unwinding the Thread – Ruthin Craft Centre
1997 Unwinding the Thread – Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
1987 Folk Art of three lands revisited – tour
1981 Czech Chic – South Hill Park Arts Centre
1980 Five Months – Spectro Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Magazines
2014 Embroidery Magazine, Apron Strings
2010 Selvedge Magazine, Jones Her Book
2008 Fiber Arts, Textiles inspired by tradition
2006 Crafts, issue March/April, review of exhibition
2006 Textiel Plus, review in Dutch Textile magazine
2006 Embroidery, Metal Guru interview
2003 View on Colour, issue 23, Visible skills of daily living
2002 Crafts, issue March/April, Domestic Science
1998 Embroidery, Unwinding the Thread
Television
2013 P’nawn Da feature for S4C
2009 Sioe Gelf feature for S4C
2006 Sioe Gelf feature for S4C
2002 P’nawn Da feature for S4C digital
1999 Heno feature for S4C
1998 Sioe Gelf feature for S4C
Residencies
2012 Crafts in the Bay,Cardiff
2007 National Wool Museum
2003 Caerfelin Primary School, Carmarthenshire
2002 Newcastle Emlyn Secondary School, Ceredigion
1984 South Hill Park Arts Centre, Berkshire
1980 Spectro Arts Workshop, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Lecturing
2004 – present Senior Lecturer, Swansea Metropolitan University
2000 – 2004 Senior Lecturer, UWIC, Cardiff
1991 – 2000 Associate Lecturer, UWIC, Cardiff
1991 – 2000 Associate Lecturer, CCTA, Carmarthen
1982 – 1990 Associate Lecturer, Middlesex University
1981 – 1983 Part–time Lecturer, Epsom School of Art and Design
1978 – 1990 Part–time Lecturer, Berkshire College of Art, Design