wearables

an aspiring hat 1994 drawing, painting and  machine embroidery on silk & cotton velvet public collection commissioned by Hereford Museums, this steeple henin and wimple hat celebrates Hereford, with imagery sourced around the city. Crockets decorate a spire - Hereford Cathedral's spire fell down

barmy knight or balmy night or balmy knight or barmy night 1994 drawing, painting and machine embroidery on antung silk and silk organza public collection made for the Riches of Stitches exhibition at the Collins Gallery, Glasgow. It was purchased for Rachel B Kay-Shuttleworth Collection, Gawthorpe Hall, Burnley, Lancashire. It is inspired by a dream and 16thC tooled armour [...]

cupola hat 1993 drawing, painting and machine embroidery on satin and cotton velvet private collection commissioned by the Collins Gallery in Glasgow to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the death of Scottish neoclassical architect and designer, Robert Adam. It represents a cupola roof. The ornament is sourced from the Etruscan room at Osterley Park in west London. [...]

who will wear the crown? or viper hat 1991 drawing, painting and machine embroidery on satin and cotton velvet commission for the Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums made for the costume collection of Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums and inspired by 19th century reproduction maiolica-ware vases in their collection of applied art at the Laing Art Gallery in [...]

maiolica cherub hat 1991 drawing, painting and machine embroidery on satin private collection one of a series of hats informed by Italian Rennaisance maiolicaware vases the cherubs image is from the fireplace frieze at the Ducal Palace in Urbino

18thc engraving waistcoat 1989 drawing, painting and machine embroidery on satin collection of  embroiderers’ guild This waistcoat is one of a proposed series informed by Dutch hand-coloured prints, and was purchased by the Embroiderers' Guild for their collection. The preliminary drawing is in a private collection  

cornucopia dickie 1988 private collection drawing, painting and machine embroidery A dickie waistcoat with a quote: "prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue". It was a private commission

a peach of a hat 1988 painting and machine embroidery on satin and cotton velvet private collection one of a series of fantastical hats from drawings for the The Horticulture Show exhibition at Abbot Hall, Kendal, Cumbria  

peacock topiary hat 1988 machine embroidery on velvet private collection one of a series of fantastical hats for the The Horticulture Show exhibition at Abbot Hall, Kendal, Cumbria

san marco hat 1988 painting, drawing, marbling and machine embroidery on silk and cotton private collection informed by the ornament found in Saint Mark's Square in Venice, including the poles for parking gondolas