photography

installations & Land Art

Teaching sustainable & foam free designs

handmade paper & pigments from the garden

Creative Mentoring

My work

Through a variety of art forms I celebrate and repurpose imperfections in nature. giving new attention to the unwanted and celebrating the unexpected. I also share my way of seeing the world through classes and workshops.

I see immense beauty in the faded, overlooked and unwanted and have a bit of an obsession with rusty or found objects and love finding ways to incorporate them into my work.

Basically I just do anything with plants and botanicals that I love; where I can indulge my passions, skills and superpowers acquired over my maaaaany years and many incarnations 😉.

You may know me from my days as a floral designer (formerly Firenza Floral Design and Firenza Flowers), I’ve stepped away from that a little in that I don’t do weddings, instead focusing on my expanded practice - creating interesting objects from the garden and large scale installations.

In truth it’s really hard to express succinctly what I do so I’ve broken it down, but it could be a combination of all of them!

Teacher of sustainable, site Specific & foam free floral designs

It’s all pretty diverse really!

Photographer

I create still life images, floral vignettes & designs and photograph them in my beloved Dutch Masters / chiaroscuro style.

For image commissions contact me.

Installation & Land artist

Creating sculptures and pieces of art from botanicals, paper or both. I have been creating installations for over ten years and have worked with some incredible clients.

‘The Cloud’ Hanging installation at Castle Howard

Land Art sculpture at Harewood House - created from found & discarded items

For a glimpse into some of the many classes I’ve held in the past - see here

large scale installation for Sarah Raven

I offer workshops and classes to share my knowledge of sustainable designs, large urns, installations and oversized bouquets.

Details of upcoming classes here.

installation of paper made from dandelion clocks

Handmade paper maker & pigment dabbler

I make paper as art forms in their own right - with texture, unevenness and imperfection.

Tulip petal papyrus, paper made from dandelion clocks or mares tail; treasure journals from recycled packing materials with twigs for a spine - anything I can experiment with in my garden ‘wet studio’, which lies just a few steps from my ‘floral pantry’

treasure journal of handmade paper bound with bark & twig

I extract pigments from the plants, rocks and earth in my garden and wider locale, combining this with my floral design experience and paper-making is allowing me to create some really interesting work - but more of that later ;)

Creative mentor

Having acquired an immense amount of knowledge I feel driven to pass it on to others. From an early career in high end colour printing handling top design agencies & global companies through to juggling the gamut of skills required to establish and develop my own thriving business. As well as everything I’ve learned whilst reinventing myself and following new art forms, there is a wealth of advice and insights others can benefit from.

Learn more

past work

My studio

I work from home - a tiny upstairs space which is always full of distractions and inspiration, the paper gets made outside in the ‘wet workshop’, where I can make as much mess as I need and I spread out into the house to create bigger, floral pieces and installations.