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My interest in mosaics was awakened by a love of colour. But I am also captivated by the meditative process of cutting and laying the tiles – I can become fairly obsessive about it! I would love to see a revival of the ancient art of mosaics – it’s the perfect adornment for our urban environment, bringing colour and cheer to all the grey around us. My mosaic work is contemporary in style and I use a wide range of materials (but I’m particularly fond of incorporating up-cycled china – it’s such an exciting medium!). I like recycling materials in general – for example, my mosaic work ‘Lino Tree’ was made from the discarded remains of industry: I found the lino poking up through the ground of a former tip.<\/p>\n

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Exhibitions<\/strong><\/p>\n

2019 August 24-26 ‘Celebrating the Canal’ Aldcliffe Triangle. Joint exhibition with Jean Harrison & Barbara Holt<\/p>\n

2017 September-October ‘Routes\/Roots’ King Street Studios, Lancaster<\/p>\n

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2017 August-September ‘Triangle Art Exhibition’, Aldcliffe Road, Lancaster<\/p>\n

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2016 Jan – Feb “Museum Inspired” joint exhibition. Lancaster Museum<\/p>\n

2015 14 Nov – 31 Dec. ‘Winter Fairy Tales’ \/ ‘Ere Be Dragons’ – mosaics. Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville, Bucks<\/p>\n

2015 September – October. ‘Telling Tales’ joint exhibition – mosaics and paintings. Thomas Storey Gallery, Storey Creative Institute, Lancaster<\/p>\n

2015 March-April. ‘Random Elements’ group exhibition, The Sanctuary, Lancaster Library<\/p>\n

2013 ‘Lino Tree’ mosaic. One Planet Festival, Dukes Theatre, Lancaster<\/p>\n

2012 Mosaic collection. Gallery 23, Arteria, Lancaster<\/p>\n

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I am a professional member of British Association of Modern Mosaic (BAMM)<\/p>\n

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