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CV
Education
2010 University of Huddersfield
BA(Hons) Interdisciplinary Art & Design
2007 University of Hull, BA(Hons) Floristry
2005 Society of Floristry Diploma
Awards
2010 Society of Designer Craftsmen
Licentiate Awards Merit
2007 Society of Floristry Annual Flower Show
Wedding Bouquet Competition 2nd Prize
2005 Society of Floristry Annual Flower Show
Wedding Bouquet Competition 3rd Prize
Publication
'Handmade in Britain' Vivays Publishing, London, 2011
Exhibitions
2020 The English Art Co. Winter Exhibition II, Leeds
2019 - 2020 The English Art Co. Winter Exhibition I, Leeds
2019 Symbol, Cupola Gallery, Sheffield
Beyond the Real, Cupola Gallery, Sheffield
2018 - 2019 Sense of Place, White Room Gallery, Sheffield
2018 - 2019 Inspired by Botany, Gallery Steel Rooms, Brigg
Artistry Christmas Market, Leeds City Museum, Leeds
Extraordinary Women Exhibition, All Good Stuff, Sheffield
2018 I, Cupola Gallery, Sheffield
2017 - 2018 Unique Beauty, Cupola Gallery, Sheffield
2017 Original 200, Cupola Gallery, Sheffield
2016 Society of Designer Craftsmen Exhibition, The Mall Gallery, London
2015 Spring Salon Exhibition, Candid Arts Centre, London
Society of Designer Craftsmen Exhibition,The Mall Gallery, London
2014 Society of Designer Craftsmen Exhibition, The Mall Gallery, London
2013 - 2014 By Hand Exhibition, Salford Museum & Art Gallery, Salford
2013 Affordable Art Exhibition, The Willow Gallery,Oswestry
Work Displayed at Saatchi Gallery screen on Second Floor, Saatchi Gallery, London
Parallax Art Fair, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London
Flora+Fauna, London Design Festival, London
Natural Selection Exhibition, The Willow Gallery,Oswestry
Mac Birmingham Art Fair, Mac Birmingham, Birmingham
Society of Designer Craftsmen Exhibition, The Mall Gallery, London
2011 Handmade in Britain, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London
Made Barnsley, Digital Media Centre, Barnsley
Society of Designer Craftsmen Exhibition, The Mall Gallery, London
Fumi
Sculpture
"My work is stimulated by the transition in organic processes such as ephemeral forms and instability of colour in floral materials. I specifically preserve plant materials including petals, florets and leaves which are coated with specialist resins and reinforced with fibre glass. The application is repeated about 20 - 30 times depending on the nature and characteristics of materials. I then present flowers as objects.
Each stage of flower development - the bud, the bloom, and the fade - is impermanent yet astonishingly beautiful. I aim to capture a moment of beauty which is complimented by the eternal fragility of flora, a metaphor I use for human existence. For me, the images that I choose as subject matter suggest mortality and the transitory nature of life. The objects I produce with the flowers signify the futility of human activity in which my acceptance and embracement of natural progression is presented, as well as deterioration in both physical and emotional states.
My work is a way of rendering my aesthetic appreciation of life, and I also strive to deliver the fundamental essence of nature through the sculptural artform."