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I'm a visual artist based in Yorkshire. Alongside creating Mapworks, I create artwork for public spaces such as hospitals, libraries and museums. There's often a theatrical twist to my work: Swoop, a large-scale artwork for a hilltop in Yorkshire featured a flock of more than 500 enormous cut-out starlings, Banquet was a metal table and chair made for an ancient oak wood. You can see more of my work here.
Maps were first featured in The Poetry Lounge for London’s Royal Festival Hall, where the A-Z map of central London was printed onto fabric and used to upholster two oversized armchairs. These Talking Chairs had speakers in the wings, enabling visitors to listen to poetry in the comfort of an armchair. Since then I have created lots of Talking Chairs - they've whispered stories and poems in schools, theatres, museums and waiting rooms around the UK.
Textiles have always been part of my work. After a degree Fine Art, I worked in the theatre for many years, specialising in creating sculptural costumes for IOU and other companies.The first Map Cushions were made for my home town of Hebden Bridge to go alongside a large Map Chair featuring an Ordnance Survey map of the town. Mapworks developed from these first cushions.