Having originally trained in Glass Design, gaining an arts degree specialising in blown glass, I soon realised I wouldn’t be able to survive in London having a career in crafts.

 

I therefore started working in the film and TV industry as a Props Buyer, Stylist and Set Decorator on films and commercials in the UK. A few years later I turned my back on the freelance world and began working in-house for TV production companies, branding agencies and in digital media.

 

For the last eleven years I have worked as an Assignment Editor at a couple of London photo agencies, where I was responsible for the photographic coverage of entertainment, music, news and royal events throughout the UK, and occasionally in Europe. This all changed however when I was made redundant.  

Looking to change my career again, I went back to my first passion, working with my hands in order to craft something special. So expanding on my sewing skills, gained from years of occasional dressmaking, I trained to become a professional curtain & roman blind maker. This means I’m back to making functional, traditionally, hand-crafted items once again… and it feels great!