Education

1996-1997

Ecole des Arts Decoratifs, Strasbourg

1985-1986

Part-time course in Fashion Illustration at St Martins School of Art, London.

1974-1977   B. A. Honours Textiles and Fashion, Winchester School Of Art

1973-1974   Foundation, Farnham School Of Art

Personal Projects/ Exhibitions

2007

W.A.O.H.-Art-Atelier; London. Monoprints/ collographs of kimonos and costumes with figurative elements.

W.A.O.H.- Art-Atelier; London. Monoprints/ collographs of dresses using silkscreen and devore´.

Bilbao; various commissions and designs for the Guggenheim Museum.

Started major projects on the theme of ‘Traces’ which involved taking two-dimensional plaster casts of collaged fabrics and found objects which formed the starting point of new ideas and imagery.

Founded Fabric 8 studio in Bristol. Textile designs sold in U.S.A, Japan and Europe

1987-1991

Designed for many textile/ fashion companies across Europe including Studio L’Imagine, Switzerland, and Guy Mathiot UK.

Founding partner in South West Eighteen Design Group and The Collection, Both London based studios.

Producing textile designs for fashion designers, manufacturers and fabric convertors in New York, L.A., Paris, Lyon and Japan.
Designer for Deryck Healey International; on colour forecasting.
Designer for Dickinson and Bodansky Design Studio, London, creating collections of printed textile designs for fashion.

Teaching Experience

1978-1995

Senior Lecturer in Textile Design at The University Of the West Of England, and visiting lecturer at Weston-super-Mare, Cardiff, Cheltenham, Somerset, Bath, Banbury, and Reigate Schools of art.

2007

Part-time lecturer at ‘Ecole de Beaux Arts’ Bayonne.