I am an illustrator and puppet maker and recently graduated from Chelsea School of Art in Children's Book Illustration. I have a BA in Illustration from the Cambridge School of Art and an MA in Animation from the Bristol School of Animation. After graduating with my MA I began working for Aardman Animations on the second series of Shaun the Sheep and their latest Oscar nominated feature film Pirates. I was recently highly commended as an emerging talent at the Cheltenham Illustration Awards and have worked on a range of freelance projects which include creating props and set pieces for Mackinnon and Saunders for the latest series of Postman Pat, animator residency for a puppet theatre, producing include creating props and set pieces for Mackinnon and Saunders for the latest series of Postman Pat, animator residency for a puppet theatre, producing editorial illustration as well as creating a range of products for a homeware company and exhibiting my own work, both illustrations and puppetry.