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I began to batik in 1984 whilst living in Texas. My work at this
time was very much nature-based cacti, aspen trees, mountains. Batik
was a good medium for recreating the immense colour and lightness
of the vast landscapes that I encountered. The work was Texan-sized
and predominantly on cotton fabric.
In 1986 I returned to England. The nature theme was again dominant
in my work. In 1994 I joined the Batik Guild and started to exhibit
regularly within the UK. In addition to using cotton fabric I started
to experiment with silk fabric and paper, whilst continuing to look
for new ways to explore and extend my use of batik.
More recently I have enjoyed doing portaiture on silk fabric. The
finely woven silk allows for fine detail in the batik work. I like
to work on a large scale (life-size where possible) and am currently
exploring different ways of fabric display in an attempt to bring
a three-dimensional aspect to my work.
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