![]() These concerns led me to travel to Japan in 2016, having been selected to take part in an International Artist’s Residency at Mokuhanga Innovation Lab, Lake Kawaguchi ( for which I was awarded a QEST scholarship), and a training in traditional water-based woodblock printmaking. These materials carry ritual power as well as being a vehicle for our environmental consciousness. In the past few years I have become increasingly interested in the ‘raw materials’ of the creative process, as well as the physical raw materials that I engage with. I have always been preoccupied with the notion of authenticity, and in seeking out the roots of my inspiration. ![]() My creative practice continued to evolve and transform, and I worked across many disciplines and in a variety of contexts including photography, textiles, printmaking, painting and, for the last 20 years, stained glass. I feel a powerful connection to the landscape : of Scotland, Ireland, Wiltshire and now, in the borders with Wales where I now live. All these components have been the raw materials for my work. ![]() I have also worked as a gardener, herbalist, artist and teacher. Environmental and social concerns then drew me to study herbal medicine whilst also working as a photographer. Brief biographyīorn on the west coast of Scotland, I trained in Fine Art (painting) at Bath Academy of Art, Corsham, where I also studied printmaking and photography. My work has been exhibited internationally and I teach woodblock printmaking workshops. I am a British artist who focuses on mokuhanga, Japanese woodblock printmaking.
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