Employment
Adjudicator Guernsey Eisteddfod 2010
1998- 2007 College lecturer Textiles /Art & Design. Tameside College
Higher Education
P.G.C.E 2004 Teaching Sunderland University Tameside College
M.A 2000 Textiles Manchester Metropolitan University
PG Diploma 1999 Textiles Manchester Metropolitan University
BA (hons) 1998 Embroidery Manchester Metropolitan University
Exhibitions
Festival of Quilts Birmingham NEC Aug 2011
Sarnia arts open exhibition Guernsey July 29-7th Aug 2011
Meddygfa Albany Surgery Cardiff May/July 2011
Solo Exhibition Princess Elizabeth Hospital Guernsey Feb/March 2011
Fashion, Embroidery and Stitch show NEC 24th-27th March 2011
Creative Stitches'' Exeter September 22nd25th 2010
Group exhibition Princess Elizabeth Hospital Guernsey June/August 2010
'Made To Fit' Willis Museum Basingstoke 20th March 17th April 2010
Mourant Prize Guernsey Airport Dec 2009 -Jan 2010
The Royal Institution of Great Britain ,Mayfair, London November 2009.
John McAslan + Partners 5th-17th November 2009
Textile Open Platform Gallery 29th August - October 21 2009
Crypt Gallery London August 27th, - September 10th 2009
Mourant Prize Guernsey Airport Dec 2008 Jan 2009
Surface Gallery Nottingham 2008
Sale Waterside Arts Centre 2008,
Jersey Textile Open 2008,
Crescent Arts Scarborough ‘Stitched Up’ 2007,
Stroud House Gallery ‘Stitched’ 2007
Righton Gallery ‘In the Bag’ 2000,
Textiles Pg Dip Exhibition Cavendish bldgs 1999,
Platform Gallery ‘Threads Contemporary Textiles’ 1999,
Queens Park Hospital Blackburn 1998,
Textiles The Righton Gallery 1998,
Poetry Garden Central Library Manchester 1997,
The Bobbing Show Atlanta America 1997
Euro-Stitch Amsterdam 1997,
Astley Cheetham Gallery 1994
Awards
Winner of Mourant 'Artist of the Year' Prize 2009- 10
Front cover of This Month magazine for August 1999,
Winner of most creative design category Euro-Stitch Competition,
Winner of second place, Home textiles category Euro -Stitch competition 1997
Workshops
Museum of Science & Industry \"Fabulous fun with Fibres Fabrics and Fashion \" July 28th - 1st Aug 1997
Museum of Science & Industry \"A Day at the Seaside in Manchester \" Aug 25th - 29th Aug 1997
Commissions
Large piece for private home 2008