With a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a background in IT management, you could say that my creative practice has had quite an unconventional start. However, I’ve always loved making and being creative, and as a treat to myself when I turned 40, I undertook an Art Foundation at the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham. It was a wonderful opportunity to explore new techniques and build upon years of self-guided making with some formal tuition, and it was during this time that I discovered a love of working with paper.

Paper is such a versatile medium, and I love finding ways to reuse old, discarded papers, turning them into something unique, to be treasured.

This love of working sustainably also led me to write the Wonder Cracker sewing pattern - my reusable alternative to the traditional paper cracker, that still has that all-important snap!