I am a graphic designer by trade with a passion for typography, decorative cutouts, patchwork, animation, teaching and inspiring others to have a go. I spent 13 years at the BBC creating opening title sequences, went freelance, and then retrained as a teacher. I now run numerous courses on creative paper cutting and patchworking, attend crafting events demonstrating paper cutting and have a range of products that feature my paper cuts which I sell where ever I go and online.
My days vary from being very full on; packing the car, driving to a course, setting up, teaching, repacking car and driving home - to very quiet; coffee and pottering and contemplating what next.
I was on a rather extended trip to Canada when I taught myself paper cutting - I needed to send birthday cards and gifts home and these hand-cut panels were perfect. I love letters and the combination of letters and a paper cutting is perfect. There’s a clarity you get with a cut line as opposed to a drawn one and if the o’s aren’t perfect or there’s a slight wobble where it should be straight that all adds to the hand crafted, artisan aspect of what I do. It’s a low cost, highly creative craft which students find enjoyable and rewarding.
Crafting at the Cottage is the name I use for my ‘company’, I say company but it’s just me sitting in my cottage crafting! Sometimes I have small groups of students come and sit around the dining table and make things and enjoy an escape to the country.
I love playing with words and letters and I also have a fondness for felines. My first greetings card was a quote from Colette, ‘There are no ordinary cats’ and it sold out very quickly, so my designs are a mix of cat quotes, lines from Shakespeare and a few of my own observations.
I never know what’s around the corner project wise but I do my best to make it exciting for me and my client whatever it is.
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You can buy my cards, prints, bags and tea towels from my website.
