I began embroidery during my final year of university in late 2018 - I'd been having autism-associated depression and mood problems for years but they increased here and I found boredom between studying to increase the issues. I wanted a new hobby to occupy my mind. I saw some embroidered landscapes online, got out my grandmother’s old tin and pulled out some greens and blues to have my first try… and then I never stopped!

I specialised in aerial view embroidery in the summer of the following year - I found the shapes and textures from above fascinating and wanted to explore those in more depth. I spend most my days sewing thousands of fluffy French knots, seed stitches and satin stitch to explore these various textures of the British countryside - creating embroidery landscapes is my full time job and it brings me great happiness and peace!