How it all began

In 2002, after accidentally leaving a book out in the rain, I couldn’t bear to throw away the ruined pages and decided to see if I could reuse it, even though it couldn’t be read again. This led to the development of my award-winning working process, Paperwork.

Having previously specialised in wood working during my degree, I followed the path of paper originating from wood and transferred those wood working techniques to the paper.

Recycling has always been important within my work, so to be able to create a technique using the printed pages of unwanted books and paper became a defining factor within my practise.

2001 - 2004

London Guildhall University

Masters in Applied Art & Visual Culture

1998 - 2001

Nottingham Trent University

BA (Hons) in Decorative Arts

One Ring - Object produced from the book I accidentally left out in the rain, The Lord of the RingsPhoto Credit - Daniel Lane

One Ring - Object produced from the book I accidentally left out in the rain, The Lord of the Rings

Photo Credit - Daniel Lane