January 2009

2008 was a very exciting year for me. I had a book on exhibition at the Victoria and Albert museum in London. Other books found their way into various established collections. I had a table at a book fair for the first time.

I'm currently studying my Foundation Year in Art & Design, and developing ideas for new books. I'm working with pen drawings, print-making and typography. Two main themes inspire much of my work. Like many people, I am inspired by nature, particularly our interactions with it, whether it is the changing aspect of a single location through time, or the meaning that we attach to certain natural images. At the other extreme, I find myself drawn to different aspects of the everyday technology that surrounds us on our commute, in our work and homes.

Having explored various paper arts over the past decade or so, I made my first artist book in 2005. At that time I didn't even know that what I had made could be called an 'artist book'. In 2007 I was fortunate enough to meet an inspiring group of book artists from San Francisco, at an art retreat I was attending. They opened my eyes to this fascinating art form. I begin studying artist books at the Mary Ward Centre in London, under Ciara Healy of Ignition, a wonderful source of inspiration, encouragement and practical support.