I grew up in a little cottage in rural Cumbria, cushioned between two dairy farms. My childhood memories are filled with long, warm summers, the sweet scent of honeysuckle and bees bustling amongst tangled hedgerows. I could spend hours watching birds build their nests and raise their young, or sitting beneath an old willow tree in our wonderfully unruly, moss-covered garden, which I fondly called my Secret Garden. It was here that my love for the smallest details of nature took root, along with a fascination for the little worlds and stories that might exist just out of sight.

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My love of making things began just as early. My mum sewed our dance costumes, and I would often borrow her fabric scraps and sewing basket to create little toys of my own. At eleven, I left for ballet school new London, but my curiosity and love of making never quite left me. Years later, I found my way back to needle and thread. Today, I'm a British textile artist based in Scotland, creating sculptures of animals and insects inspired by nature, often giving familiar creatures a touch of childhood imagination, a little personality and a story of their own.