University art and design tutor who works in collaboration with student’s skills and aspirations

I have extensive teaching experience as a University Head of Area, where I taught across undergraduate and postgraduate art and design. The scope of my professional practice encompasses textiles, healthcare space design, scenography, interior design, interior styling, large-scale displays, and exhibition curation, this is underpinned by a deep, researched understanding of Western art, costume history, and interior decoration, from textiles to fine art.
I enjoy teaching all aspects of art and design practice, my teaching being based on the ethos of developing a student’s imagination and curiosity, a strategy that I have successfully used when teaching undergraduate and postgraduate university studies. This approach allows me to draw out each person's strengths through conversations, inspiring authentic creative development. My passion lies in fostering a three-dimensional approach to creative growth by building bridges and responses rather than just assigning tasks. I aim to encourage students to cultivate a unique artistic vision and personal aesthetic, building on their individual interests. I encourage openness to new ideas and perspectives, while developing fundamental skills in drawing, painting, design, and creating forms. This helps students forge new connections and "a personal alchemy," enabling them to formulate dynamic ways of seeing the world around them. By fostering meaningful engagement within their creative practice, students are able to link ideas, inspiration, cognitive engagement, and informed outcomes.
I believe that good art and design cultivate critical thinking and empowers a student to become fully engaged in their chosen creative process. This cultivates a profound understanding of aesthetics, encourages experimental investigation, and helps instil an ability to transform ideas into impactful work. Creative development is more than just instruction and information; it is the ignition of a student’s creative force. A spark that awakens dormant creativity and an allows the imagination to blossom into new and exciting forms.
Through my teaching I encourage experimentation and risk taking as an important aspect of creativity without fear of failure. To cultivate and dissect a relentless curiosity, an eye for detail, an ability to see the whole landscape of possibilities and an appreciation for form and beauty in all their forms.