Professional Profile

Award-winning artist with over 20 years of experience in 3D crochet, creating works for exhibitions, commissions, and private collections. Winner of the flagship Arts Council & Cultural Olympiad commission Artists Taking the Lead and creator of The Lionheart Project, a monumental public art piece celebrating the London 2012 Olympics. Inventor of Crochetdermy®, a pioneering technique for crafting life-sized animal sculptures using crochet. Recognised internationally for her innovative approach to textile-based sculpture, with work featured in major galleries, public spaces, and global media. Continually pushing the boundaries of crochet as an art form.​​

 

Solo Exhibitions

• Chelsea Arts Club / 2025

• Horniman Museum / 2018

• Roseberys Auction House / 2018

• Chelsea Arts Club / 2016

• Chelsea Flower Show, Artisan Retreat / 2014

• Anthropologie, Rockefeller Centre, New York / 2014

• 33 Cank Street Installation, Leicester / 2013

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Touring Solo Exhibition | The Lionheart Project | London 2012 Cultural Olympiad

Chatsworth House, Derbyshire

Market Square, Louth

So Festival, Skegness

Curve, Orton Square, Leicester

Market Square, Northampton

Natural History Museum, London

Snibston Discovery Museum / 2013-2014

Twycross Zoo / 2012-2013

 

Group Exhibitions

• Elephant Family Big Egg Hunt, London / 2025

• A Dog's Life / 2024 - 2027

• Royal Academy Summer Exhibition / 2023

• The Arts & Antiques Fair Olympia / 2018

• Galerie Chevalier, Paris / 2016

• Design Days Dubai / 2017 & 2015

• Save Wild Tigers, Cafe Royal & The Savoy / 2015

• Liverpool Love 2, World Museum, Liverpool / 2014

• Winter Pride Awards, CHART Gallery, London / 2014

• The Maker Library Guild, Cape Town, South Africa / 2014

• Wool House, Campaign for Wool, Somerset House / 2013

• In Dialogue with the Baroque, Munich / 2013

• The Peter Blake Art Bus / 2012

• Fabergé Big Egg Hunt / 2012

• Liverpool Love, Museum of Liverpool / 2012

• Brilliant Britain, Mulberry, Hong Kong / 2012

• Power of Making, V&A Museum / 2011 - 2012

• Arthur Smith’s Arturart, BAC London / 2009

• Mall Galleries, London / 2009

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Awards & Recognition

• Winner, Artists Taking the Lead (London 2012 Olympics Commission)

• Arts Council Research & Development Grant Recipient

• Arts Council National Lottery Project Grant Recipient

• Featured in Major Media Outlets & Public Art Exhibitions

• Recognised as a pioneer in sustainable textile-based sculpture​

• Overall Gold Award, Art of Giving, Saatchi Gallery, London / 2010

• Best Sculpture, Art of Giving, Saatchi Gallery, London / 2010

 

Shortlisted

• The John Ruskin Prize / 2017

• Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust / 2017

• Balvenie Masters of Craft / 2011

• Sanvey Gate Leicester, Public Art Commission / 2008

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Public Commissions

• Moxy Hotel, New York / 2018

• Flagship Commission, Cultural Olympiad London / 2012

• Guardian Weekend Magazine, Very Unofficial Portrait of Prince Harry / 2010​