CV
EDUCATION/ TRAINING
2021 - Present
Royal School of Needlework
Certificate in Technical Hand Embroidery
1996 – 1999
Nottingham Trent University
BA (Hons) Graphic Design
1995 – 1996
Kingston University, Faculty of Art and Design
BTEC Diploma Foundation Course in Art and Design
CPD COURSES
Oil Painting - Tambour Beading - Textiles and Creative Machine Embroidery - Oil Painting Workshop - Leather Craftwork for Beginners - Desktop Publishing and Web Production - Tapestry - Life Drawing & Painting - Hand and Machine Embroidery - Jewellery: Form and Construction - Experimental Jewellery - Creative Craft Skills (Metal Craft) - Introduction to Repeat Printing - Black and White Photography - Fabric Printing - Fabric Screen Printing - Introduction to Leather Accessories - Fashion Management Business - Soft Bags - Creative Textiles Workshop - Womenswear Beginners Pattern Cutting
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023
Orleans House Winter Show - Twickenham, UK
Guildford House Open, Guildford, UK
Cockpit Arts Winter Open Studios, Bloomsbury, London, UK
Wonder Exhibition with the Society of Designer Craftsmen, Chichester, UK
Richmond Art House Open Studios Festival, Teddington, UK
Atelier Beside the Sea Open Exhibition, Brighton, UK
Cockpit Arts Summer Open Studios, Bloomsbury, London, UK
Anniversary 10 x 10 with ArtCan, London, UK
Arts Richmond Photographic Exhibition, Twickenham, UK
London Craft Week with Future Icons, London, UK
The Power of Pencil with ArtCan, Virtual Exhibition
Cultural Enterprises Conference and Trade Show, Harrogate, UK
BobCat Gallery 100 x 100 - Virtual Exhibition, UK
Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair with QEST - London, UK
The Royal Cambrian Academy Open Exhibition - Wales, UK
2022
Orleans House Winter Show - Twickenham, UK
Thrown Contemporary Winter Exhibition - Online, UK
The South West Academy Open Exhibition - Devon, UK
Decorex with QEST - London, UK
The Gallery Green & Stone Summer Exhibition - London, UK
Stories 02 with Artcan - Kroll News Building - London, UK
Atelier Beside the Sea - Brighton, UK
Kingdom Animalia with Exhibizone - Virtual Exhibition
John Lewis with QEST: Platinum Jubilee Showcase - London, UK
Bath Society of Artists 117th Annual Exhibition - Bath, UK
The Wild Collective with Thrown Contemporary - Omved Gardens - London, UK
Artefact with QEST - Design Centre Chelsea Harbour - London, UK
Fluid - Espacio Gallery - London, UK
Flora Flora - Fronteer Gallery - Sheffield, UK
Eye of the Beholder with ArtCan - 508 Gallery - London, UK
Fortnum & Mason with QEST: The Art of Exceptional - London, UK
Contemporary Textiles Fair - Landmark Arts Centre - Teddington, UK
The Broderers’ Exhibition: The Art of Embroidery - Bankside Gallery - London, UK
Winter with ArtCan - Kingsgate Project Space - London, UK
2021
Verdant with ArtCan - Virtual Exhibition
Explorers Against Extinction - The Oxo Tower - London, UK
Decorex with Design Nation - Olympia - London, UK
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition - Royal Academy of Arts - London, UK
The Makers Market for London Design Festival - The Royal Exchange - London, UK
2020
Design Nation - Oxo Tower Wharf - London, UK
Decorex with Design Nation - Virtual Show
Top Drawer Craft with Design Nation - Olympia - London, UK
2019
Strawberry Hill House Christmas Festival with The DecorCafe - Twickenham, UK
Decorex - Olympia - London, UK
MAKE Festival - Watts Gallery - Compton, UK
ICFF with British European Design Group - New York, USA
London Craft Week, with Design Nation - Bargehouse Oxo Tower - London, UK
Midcentury Modern - Dulwich College - London, UK
2017
Cockpit Arts Open Studios - Deptford - London, UK
2016
Top Drawer Spotted - Olympia - London, UK
One Year One at New Designers - Business Design Centre - London, UK
AWARDS
2022
Newby Trust Award at Cockpit Studios
Runner up in the Bath Society of Artists Open Exhibition Public Choice Award
2021
QEST Finnis Scott Foundation Scholarship
2020
Emergency Response Fund Art Council Grant
AFFILIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
Society of Designer Craftsmen
QEST
Cockpit Studios
ArtCan
Visual Artists Association
Heritage Crafts Association
Design Nation
Crafts Council Directory
London Creative Network at Cockpit
PRESS
2023
The Epoch Times, Keeping Dreams Real by Lorraine Ferrier
2022
The Epoch Times, Patiently ‘Painting with Thread’ by Lorraine Ferrier
2020
Henley-on-Thames Life & Marlow, Black & White Botanical with Susannah Weiland Collections
Exclusive Home Worldwide Magazine, Grandmillennial style
Your Home Magazine, 2 of the Best Retro Chairs
The Telegraph Magazine, Stylish Buys
The Ideal Home and Garden
2019
Town and Country Magazine, The Women Celebrating Nature with Bold Botanical Creations by Charlotte Brook.