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Handmade ceramic tiles 
Current Work 2012
Summer 2012: I have been shorlisted for an award at the UNICUM Ceramics Triennial in Eastern Europe for my sustainable 'Torn Notepad'. My piece will also be getting shown in the Festival's exhibition over the summer.
See: UNICUM Triennial, Slovenia
Commissions
Birtley Heritage Group garden centrepiece - Birtley Library, Gateshead, England
'Sustainable notepads' - order for private client
'Impressions' ceramic map - customised order for private client
Curator roles
Curatorial Consultant at Durham Art Gallery 2011 & 2012 - Selecting and installing contemporary craft for display.
Workshops
My Spring 2012 workshops are concentrating on how participants can use their own graphics and images on their own original ceramic work.
My Winter workshops looked at participants making a range of jewellery items in porcelain – from rings & pendants to brooches & badges.
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Recent & Past Work 2011 2010
Autumn 2011: I was awarded a Judge's Special Prize at the Mino International Ceramics Festival in Japan for my sustainable 'Torn Notepad'. My piece was among those getting pride of place in the Festival's exhibition over the autumn.
See: Award for British artist in Japan
Design Event at 36 Lime Street Studios, October 2011
I was one of the artists exhibiting at the Pop-Up Gallery, part of the Design Event festival. See: 36LS Pop-Up Gallery.
Grow at The Gallery, Gateshead
A group exhibition with fellow artists.
The 'H11' photographic project. The Tyneside Cinema, the last newsreel cinema in Britain, was completely refurbished during late 2006. The red velvet seats, which were removed from the venue’s iconic Classic Cinema were offered for sale to cinema members. And my photographic project documented the seats in their new homes throughout the North East of England.
To coincide with the publication of the book of the history of the Tyneside Cinema (Summer 2011), selected images from the H11 series (some of which are in the book) are available again for purchase. See examples -- at: my H11 Project page.
Globe Gallery Online Auction - December 2011
One of my photos (part of the ‘Tony Blair Artist Rat’ project) was be one of the lots in the charity auction to help the Globe Contemporary Art Gallery here in Newcastle. It was all in a good cause; and I hope the auction achieves its aim of keeping the gallery open.
See: Globe Gallery auction.
Christmas Present - Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
'Love Me Live With Me' at the London Design Festival on the Anti Design Festival tour - showing at Shoreditch Focus Event, Hoxton Square, Covent Garden Piazza, 100% Design at Earls Court, The Old Truman Brewery
Greetings from Newcastle - 36 Lime Street Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
2009
50/50 Design Event Mart Baltic Gallery for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, England
Sustainable Environments Mushroom Works, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Multiple 36 Lime Street Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Public lecture: 'Creative Connections Networking Event' Hosted by Cleveland College of Art & Design at the National Glass Centre, Sunderland
2008
Flawed Inspiration Durham Art Gallery, Durham, England
Design Mart Baltic Gallery for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, England
MadeNorth Designed and Made Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Grid References The Gallery, Gateshead, England
Christmas Shop Designed and Made Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Small is Beautiful 36 Lime Street Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
The Bag Show Designed & Made Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
2007
‘12’ Designed & Made Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
A Human Touch – Droog Design TheNewDowse Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Cravens Art Show Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
2006
A Human Touch – Droog Design on tour in 2006 to: Melbourne Museum, Australia, Sydney Opera House Gallery, Australia; Contemporary Art Terminal OCT, Shenzhen, China; Gallery Bund 18, Shanghai, China; PP Gallery, Taipei, China
Cravens Art Prize – Human Zoo University Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
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Commissions
2009: Birtley Heritage Group garden centerpiece - Birtley Library, Gateshead, England
2008: Irena (the left-handed)
Temporary commission for MadeNorth, part of 'Design Event 08'
Publications
A Human Touch – Droog Design - 2006
Simply Droog: 10+3 Years of Creating Innovation - 2006
Curatorial experience
Ongoing - Curatorial Consultant at Durham Art Gallery selecting and installing contemporary craft for display.
2008 - Flawed Inspiration Durham Art Gallery
Education
2006-2008 -
Newcastle College, England NCFE Level 3 Certificate in Art and Design in ceramics