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Here I am in my
studio- workroom/ office on one of those rare occasions when
it's actually tidy!

I was born in Canada and moved to England with my family when I was  only two years old. 

  

Having begun my exploration by making conventional rag dolls in 1990 with limited sewing skills, by 1999
I was introduced to a whole ‘other world’ of artistic expression through more sophisticated soft sculpture cloth figure creations by my then Australian Penpal Sharron.
Thanks Sharron! 


Self Portrait Figure

 Taking a City and Guilds in Patchwork & Quilting in 1993-1996 helped develop my 'naive'/ novice sewing skills enormously with the help of Una Grose, Dean Prior.
Thanks Una!
With a vivid imagination, inspiration has come to me from everywhere and anything. I spent a year on a graphic design course, where students were constantly reminded that: ‘There's no such thing as an original idea’ or in other words, people take their ideas from many sources to create their own designs.
I also love children’s stories and creative writing and feels that the art of creating my characters in cloth stems as much from this influence as any other. My workroom is also my office where I add to this already vast website, selling dolls and patterns and imparting information.
I have recently written and produced a book about fingered cloth doll hands, too.



My very first rag doll
Miss Chievious

Having a vivid imagination, inspiration has come to me from everywhere and anything. I spent a year on a graphic design course, where students were constantly reminded that: ‘There's no such thing as an original idea’ or in other words, people take their ideas from many sources to create their own designs.
I also love children’s stories and creative writing and feels that the art of creating my characters in cloth stems as much from this influence as any other. My workroom is also my office where I add to this already vast website, selling dolls and patterns and imparting information.
I have recently written and produced a book about fingered cloth doll hands, too.
 

I undertook a teaching certificate in non-vocational adult training where I devised a comprehensive teaching programme to impart my knowledge on the accepted wisdom and tools of the trade/ notions of my Decorative Textile Figure classes in South Devon


Earth

 

With three successful local exhibitions under my belt, I enjoy enlightening my visitors’ attitudes to cloth dolls. Many people leave expressing a conviction that they “will always look at cloth dolls with a much more educated eye in future” and that for me makes it all worth while.

 

In October 2002, I launched an Internet support group ClothdollmakersUK as an important way for cloth doll makers scattered over the UK to meet and share information. The group now has members from all over the world! I'm off to create now... Oh and before I go; I am also a Freelance Writer mainly on the subject
of cloth dolls, naturally!