About me
as a new graduate with experience in craft and design I bring my skills and knowledge into all I design and create.
I have over 20 years experience as a creator and recent solid development into the contemporary design sector which I am expanding and exploring in every new creation that follows.
Projects
- willow exploration into contemporary craft & designas a trained basket maker I have a deep knowledge of willow and its preparation for use, from planting to finished products. to test my skills and explore the possibilities for the material this project was to develop the integration of willow crafts into contemporary design. willow growing and harvesting is a low carbon resource that increases the area of land that can be productive in areas not suitable for many other uses including flood planes with a high tolerance for water. Merging the c
Work history
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Lead Willow ArtistRedstone Centre
- Alsager, Stoke-on-Trent, UKFull Time
An expansion from Redstone Willows due to its success, the Redstone Centre provided kinetic learning to classes from the age of 4 with no upper limit and takes commissions for various objects, structures and sculptures with no limits to what they would take on. As one of the longest running employees I would manage the weaving team and design sculptures with the clients requirements and construct the sculpture projects with my team and see that they were structurally sound and finished to the highest standards.
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willow artistRedstone Willows
- Alsager, Stoke-on-Trent, UKFull Time
Skills
- Wood Working
- 3D Design
- Wood Carving
- Wood Turning
- Woodwork
- Wood art
- Basic Metalwork
- Ceramics
- Weaving
- Team Building
Education
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BA (Hons) 3D Designer MakerStaffordshire University
Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
Awards
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The Keith Brymer Jones Award 2021 for Promising Young Designer & ExcellenceKeith Brymer Jones
awarded for an innovative and desirable range of furniture at the Staffordshire university degree show 2021