Education
1st Class BA (Hons) Textile Design, Hereford College of Arts.
Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, Hereford College of Arts - Distinction.
Training
Dec 2024 - March 2025: New Brewery Arts Group Mentoring Programme.
Nov 2024 - Present: The King's Trust Enterprise Programme.
Jan - June 2024: The CHANEL & King's Foundation Métiers d’art Fellowship in Partnership with Le19M.
Awards
Finalist - Heritage Crafts Young Embroiderer of the Year Award, 2024
Principal's Award for Studentship, Hereford College of Arts, 2023
Experience
March 2025:
Three-week residency at 'Makers Camp' alongside UK and Ghanaian designers and Central Saint Martins Students, based at Spring Studios. This project is about rethinking fashion as a collective practice—challenging the industry’s reliance on individual designers and exploring how collaboration can lead to more innovative, inclusive incubators, ‘makers camps’ for sustainable fashion futures.
March 2025:
"Walk Tall" embroidery exhibited in 'Gwneud' exhibition in South Wales: an exhibition that brings together pioneering Welsh artists from around the UK to platform their exciting practices and encourage them to inspire and up-skill their communities.
Nov 2024 - Present:
Programme Coordinator and Tutor for The National Saturday Club 'Craft&Making' at Trinity Buoy Wharf.
Nov 2024:
Workshop Facilitator at Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, South Wales. I ran a 2 hour embroidery workshop with 15 participants in "Make your own Brooch".
Oct - Dec 2024:
Intern for ESORA London boutique fashion brand. Role involved machine knitting garments, finishing and linking, embroidery and smocking, as well as photographing stock for the online site.
Oct - Nov 2024:
Selected to participate in Colechi's YKWU EAST 2024 Programme, a six-week fashion brand development and team building course with a focus on sustainable practice.
Sept - Oct 2024:
Exhibitor and invigilator at The Garrison Chapel, Chelsea. Embroidery piece shown as part of a group exhibition for The King’s Foundation, where I also volunteered as an invigilator and workshop assistant. Role involved greeting visitors and answering questions about the artwork, setting up the space for teaching and assisting with teaching delivery.
August 2024:
Embroidery and drawings exhibited for 'Practice in Place' exhibition in Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, South Wales.
Jan - July 2024:
Student of The CHANEL & King's Foundation Métiers d’art Fellowship in Partnership with Le19M. This postgraduate-level programme provides students with intensive training in the field of embroidery for Haute Couture fashion.
May 2024:
Hand embroidered shirt on sale in Selfridges store for London Craft Week, where I also ran live embroidery demonstrations. Featured in Vogue online.
July - Sept 2023:
Gallery Assistant at Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, South Wales. Duties included setting up and dismantling exhibitions, assisting the Marketing Officer and Senior Education Officer, covering the front desk, greeting visitors and taking/ displaying stock.
July 2023:
Selected to exhibit in the annual exhibition of graduate artists in Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, South Wales.
June 2023:
Graduate collection selected to be exhibited at New Designers, London. Role involved planning and designing the display, purchasing the necessary fixings, ordering business cards, packaging and labelling up the works and setting up/dismantling the show.
Jan - Feb 2023:
Planned, promoted and hosted a 12 hour charity Knit-A-Thon at Hereford College of Arts. Role included Instagram and local/national media promotion, outreach to charity stakeholders and live-streaming of the event.
July - Sept 2022:
Organised and marketed a group exhibition at Hellens Manor, Herefordshire, which included my own large-scale installation piece.
July 2022:
Knitted installation piece selected and exhibited at National Maritime Collection Centre, Greenwich.
Apr 2022:
Commissioned to make costumes for performers at Hay Festival, Hay-On-Wye
Mar 2022:
Exhibition invigilator for 'Queer Metals', Ferrous forged metal festival, Hereford. Role involved opening and closing the gallery each day, public interaction, curation of the work and maintaining the space.
Jan - June 2022
Selected to be mentored by designer Aurelie Fontan through 'Commuknitty', an organisation that nurtures creative talent in the fashion industry.
Nov - Dec 2021:
Artwork selected to be exhibited alongside Grayson Perry’s ‘The Vanity of Small Differences’ exhibition in Hereford Museum & Gallery, where I also spent time as an invigilator.
June - July 2021:
Invigilator for Alberta Whittle’s exhibition ‘Creating Dangerously’, Abergavenny, South Wales. Role involved engaging the public in thought-provoking conversations about the artwork.
July 2019:
Arts & Crafts Leader, 'Holiday Club', Llanyrafon Church, South Wales. Voluntary role involved planning daily workshops, sourcing materials, creating props and delivering the sessions.
Apr 2019:
Criw Celf Assistant, Peak Cymru, South Wales. Role involved setting up equipment for workshops, engaging with the young people during their activities and accompanying them on trips.
Mar 2019:
Workshop Organiser, Courtyard Arts Centre, Hereford. Planned, organised and delivered a photography session for a mixed group of children and dementia patients.
Mar-June 2018:
Published children's book illustrator. Commissioned to illustrate a children's book, "Sammy The Seagull" by Abigail Orr. Illustrations were created digitally using Adobe in a short timescale.
Jan-Feb 2018:
Commissioned by Hill City Church in South Wales to design and paint an indoor wall mural for the children's area.