Unlike a lot of embroidery artists, I don’t have a long history with embroidery or any lovely story about being taught by my grandmother. Embroidery came to me at a very difficult time in my life. I was experiencing some quite severe mental health problems and started experimenting with stitching (mostly as a distraction), and my style sort of appeared out of nowhere in that time. However, I have always been creative in some way. I was a semiprofessional photographer for a number of years and I’ve loved experimenting with new creative outlets since I was young. It’s definitely all connected.
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