Growing up, I think I was fairly good at art, and it seemed to be the thing i excelled at in school. So, naturally I pursued Art through college and I went on to study an Art & Design Foundation Course, intended to lead onto University.  Drawing is what I enjoyed above everything else, and it was suggested by my tutor that I consider a Fine Art or Drawing Degree.  Perhaps, I should have taken that advice, but I could not see a career ahead of me ‘just drawing!’  

I decided to take my chances in the big wide world, hoping to find a job within the creative industry.  I had a brief spell in graphic design, but I finally settled in a job working as an ‘Embroidery Digitizer.’  Fortunately, this is similar to drawing, but on a computer!  When it was required, I leapt at the chance to create the animal embroideries. Instead of pencil strokes, stitches are used to replicate fur, right up my street!