I have always been interested in embroidery from my early school days and later went on to do my City & Guilds.

I love the countryside which has given me lots of inspiration.  I am also interested in Far Eastern embroidery and Shibori techniques so my ideas come from a mixture of the two.  The two pictures entitled 'The Dales' and 'A Seaside Inlet' have been created using the Shibori technique.

The Dales:

A Seaside Inlet:

Loose Kimonos became very popular with Japanese women, and were 'de rigueur' at formal occasions, perhaps because outer layers had the greatest expanse of fabric exposed to view.  I have created this by using the technique of tying, wrapping, and dyeing, which I am now putting into modern designs and wearable clothes.  At the moment I am experimenting with Kimonos, an example of which is shown below:

The shoulder bag is in Leather which I found I could wrap and sew to give different textures,  I am mainly interested in wearable art, and need to explore the borderlines between functional pieces and decorative ones.

Leather Bag

Suede bag

Below are Fans also done in Shibori Techniques with silk with embellishments

The image below is a close up view

The fan below is another example of Shibori work