Hello, I’m Laura. I am a Nottinghamshire-born lass who started out in the world making, anything with everything!

I started out with BA Hons in Graphic Design at the London Institute in 1997. To support my studies I worked along side stylists and makers, for photoshoots, shop window designs and film. I left University and worked alongside a photography studio, producing shoots, designing for major corporate clients, until I started my own photography business when my children were small. 

Being a sole-trader gave me the flexibility I needed to be present for my family and still have some kind of creative income. Family is so important to me, so I always have made a conscious effort to be there for school runs, and sports days etc. I love different cultures and having travelled to Africa in my year out, I ended up marrying a handsome British-born Zimbabwean chap 17 years ago and this has increased my love of family as we eat & sing together and has impacted my appreciation of vibrant colours.

As an artistic mother there is always materials for making on hand to cultivate creativity as part of my children’s tool kit. This is a non-negotiable, and I am a great believer that mistakes are part of progress. A lot of my work is exploratory, allowing the mediums to dictate the making. 

Living in Kent, we have so much countryside around us and we love getting out into nature, which feeds into the abstract shapes that I use in my artwork. Having been brought up in my parents huge garden most of my formative years all I can recall is being alongside nature, eating rhubarb and feeling the soil and mud.