I was born and educated in Australia and lived in the UK for 29 years
where I obtained the City and Guilds Diploma in design and embroidery.
I also attended various courses in textile dyeing.
Returning to Perth in 1983 I embarked on 'a journey of discovery' by
becoming involved in machine embroidery. I began teaching in Perth,
rural Western Australia and interstate, developing an all-consuming love
of colour and texture.

I have work in private collections and have exhibited widely within
Australia including the National Craft Award, Darwin, also the USA. UK
and held solo Exhibitions in Perth and New Zealand.
My work has been included in Fiberarts (USA) books no.5 and no. 7 and
featured in Bernina (Switzerland) International calendar.
Since discovering the beauty and challenge of working with dyed unspun
silk fibres I have been the published author of two books on silk
'paper' - Take Silk, and 'Silk 'Paper' Creations for the Fibre artist.