About Me
I am an artist who has worked with many different media. I paint, mainly in oils but also use acrylic and watercolour. Drawing is
fundamental to all the work. I have a passion for textiles and have worked with many techniques - batik, screen printing, hand and
machine embroidery, appliqué, felt making and quilting. I am also a printmaker.
I see textiles as an extension of my painting and I paint or draw with whatever medium is being used. My principle current way of working with textiles is to 'draw and paint' with a sewing machine on a base of collaged fabric or dyed light papers.
Education and career
1957-60 University College London BA Anthropology
1964-67 Hornsey College of Art NDD Fine Art/Painting
1979 6 months apprenticeship to Tulus Warsito, batik artist, Jogjakarta, Indonesia
1981-86 Batik Window Blinds business
1985 Fabric screenprinting course with Rodney Moorhouse Associates
1990-93 Textile teacher Escola de Artes Visuais, Maputo, Mozambique
1995-2000 'Screenlights' Judy Hammond Textile Lighting Design - Design and production of printed and stitched lights
2003-13 Founder and coordinator for Textiles for All - multi cultural community textile group. Exhibitions at Ashmolean, Ovada,
Jacqueline du Pre Rooms