I read up about the hatching eggs by the way, and it's fine to handle the eggs as long as it's minimal, and you're extremely careful. The parents know me anyway now- they won't reject the eggs, or anything like that.
The Almond Tumbler The Tumbler The Carrier The Horseman The Dragoon The English Powter The Parisian Powter The Uploper The Powting Horseman The Leghorn Runt The Spanish Runt The Friesland Runt The Jacobine (or Jack) The Ruff The Capuchine The Nun The Owl The Turbit The Broad-tail'd Shaker The Narrow-tail'd Shaker The Spot The Laughter The Trumpeter The Helmet The Finnikin The Turner The Barb The Mahomet The Lace Pigeon The Frill-back
I live and work by the sea, in a wonky old house in Hastings Old Town.
My house has been in turn, a warehouse, an ice house, various shops (including a grocers and a ladies’ dress shop) and an occasional gallery. It is tucked one street back from the seafront, directly behind the rooms where Rossetti stayed before his marriage to Lizzie Siddal in 1860. The former shop space is now my studio, which I open for exhibitions and events. The first, 'Wish You Were Here', September 2008, featured seven book artists, photographers and film-makers all presenting their work within a suitcase. The exhibition was opened by Iain Sinclair, with film-projections onto the back of The Cutter; a bibliotherapist on the stairs; a tombola; very special cakes and a book stall.
I graduated from BA (Hons.) fine art in 2000, and the graduate certificate in book arts in 2007. My work addresses collecting, hoarding, family history, the homemade, women's craft history, found objects, repetitive action in drawing and needlework; and clothing and objects as memory.
I'm currently working freelance organising small artists' book fairs, writing, curating exhibitions, researching and making new work. I am co-director of Creative Coast, a small arts company which manages the annual Coastal Currents Arts Festival in Hastings.