Education and qualifications
Teachers' certificate (main subject Art) Cambridge Institute of Education
Diploma in Art and Design Goldsmiths' College, London
City and Guilds Certificates I and II Chelsea and Goldsmith's Colleges, London
Certificate in Design Education Middlesex Polytechnic, London
TESOL certificate level 4 Trinity College, London
Professional Experience
Membership
Textile Study Group, Associate member
Council member of the Society of Designer Craftsmen 1992-1995
President of the East Surrey Embroiderer's Guild 2000-2014
Chair of the New Embroidery Group,London 2007-2014
New Embroidery Group exhibition committee member 2013-2021
Publications
1984 - 'Gertrude Jekyll, Artist, Gardener and Craftswoman' by Michael Tooley - contributor-
1979 - Pictures without Paint – Focal Point filmstrips
1979 - Natural Dyes – Focal Point filmstrips-
1978 - Marshall Cavendish 'Book of Needlecraft' -Embroidery section -
1977 - 'Embroidery 'by Mary Gostelow- contributor 1978-
1976 - 'Golden Hands book of Collage' Marshall Cavendish-
Embroidery magazine – articles
2002 - Obituary for Joan Edwards Vol. 53 November -
1999 - Monet, Artist and Gardener - Vol 50 no 3 May
1996 - Light, Colour and Energy Vol 47 no 1 March
1995 - The Society of Designer Craftsmen Vol 46 no 4 -
1989 - Basic techniques – Parisian stitch Vol 40 no 3 -
1983 - Machine Embroidered gardens inspired by Gertrude Jekyll Vol 34 no 3-
1973 - Vegetable Dyeing Vol 24 no 4-
Solo exhibitions
1991 - 'Changing Elements' Dartington Cider Press Centre, Devon -
1989 - 'Changing Elements' London Ecology Centre, Covent Garden -
Group Exhibitions
2023 - Society of Designer Craftsmen, Wonder, The Oxmarket, Chichester
2023 - New Embroidery Group Hanging by a Thread The Allen Gallery, Alton, Hants
2022 - Transformations Bankside Gallery Society of Designer Craftsmen
2022 - Broderer’s Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London
2021 - Society of Designer Craftsmen, ‘Excellence’ Oxmarket Gallery, Chichester, West Sussex
2021 - New Embroidery Group, ‘A Point of View’, Denbies Gallery, Dorking, Surrey
2021 - Fabrications ‘Catching the Light’ at the Robert Phillips Gallery, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
2019 - Fabrications 'Transition' wiith The Lightbox, Woking, Surrey & New Embroidery Group, The Sunbury Embroidery Gallery, Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey.
2018 - Fabrications 'Threads of Identity' with Robert Philipps Gallery, Walton-on-Thames,Surrey
2018 - New Embroidery Group, 50th Anniversary, Goldsmths' College, London
2017 - New Embroidery Group, 'Moving On' Knitting & Stitching Show, London, Harrogate
2017 - Fabrications 'Ebb & Flow' with Robert Phillips Gallery, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
2016 - New Embroidery Group,'The Point of the Needle' with Oxmarket, Chichester, West Sussex & The Spa Gallery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
2016 - Fabrications 'Time & Place' with The Lightbox, Woking, Surrey.
2015 - Fabrications 'In our Element' with the Robert Philips Gallery, Walton- on-Thames
2015 - Society of Designer Craftsmen '25cmx25cm', Mall Galleries, London
2014 - New Embroidery Group 'Fusion', Hall Place, Bexley, Kent & Oxmarket, Chichester, Sussex
2013 - International Miniature Textile Triennale, Lodz, Poland
2012 - New Embroidery Group, Knitting & Stitching show, London & Harrogate
2011 - 'Plants and Poland' Haslemere Museum, Surrey with Jane Walmsley
2010 - 2014 - 'Inspiration from Afghanistan', collaborative project with travelling exhibition, UK & Europe
2010 - New Embroidery Group, Greenstede Gallery, East Grinstead, Sussex
2008 - New Embroidery Group, Stitching and Knitting Show, Birmingham, London, Harrogate
2008 - Rye Art Gallery, Kent
2004 - Hall Place, Bexley, Kent – New Embroidery Group
2000 - 2013 - Surrey Artists Open Studios with Jane Walmsley
Residencies have included
The Roman Palace, Fishbourne, Sussex, Warden House Primary School, Deal, Kent, the Downs Primary School, Walmer, Kent, Benenden School, Kent, Oxted County Secondary School, Surrey, Court lodge Infants School, Horley, Surrey, St Andrew's Primary School, Cobham, St Matthew's Church of England school, Cobham, the Royal Kent School, Oxshott and the ACS International School Cobham, Surrey, Send Infant School, Woking, Surrey, Send Infant school, Woking, Surrey.
Workshops have included
Missenden Abbey,Bucks, West Dean College, Sussex, City Literary Institute, London
National Trust, National Gallery, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, branches of the Embroiderers'Guild in the UK, New South Wales and Melbourne Australia, and local Art Societies