I have a fascination with living things and natural form. For me, willow has become a medium for an interaction with nature that is deeply personal. Using willow, birch, heather, bog myrtle and many other locally grown woods, my work ranges form traditional to organic sculptural forms.
Singapore 1962
Education ~
Canterbury College of Art Foundation ~1979
Cardiff College of Art ~ 1980
Professional member of Visual Arts Scotland ~ 1999
Member of Contemporary Applied Arts. London ~ 2000
Lizzie's first trip to Japan, self- funded ~ April 2007
Best Stand Award, (2008)
Contemporary Craft Festival, Bovey Tracey
Art & Craft Marketing Grant,
Dumfries & Galloway Council ~ 2007
Creative Development Award,
Scottish Arts Council ~ 2007
Awarded 'Best in Show' by Grand Designs Magazine at Origin, London. ~ 2006
Outward Mission to New York,
UK Trade and Investment ~ 2006
'Talent Around Britain'
BBC Homes and Antiques ~ 2004
Professional Development Grant,
Scottish Arts Council ~ 2004
Artist Residency, Cove Park, Argyll ~ 2004
Arts and Crafts Marketing Grant
Dumfries and Galloway Council ~ 2003
The Scottish Gallery Award,
Visual Arts Scotland ~ 1999.
The Worshipful Company of Basketmakers ~ 1997
The Worshipful Company of Basketmakers ~ 1992
Public Collections ~
National Museums Scotland. (2008)
Priors Court School, Reading.
The City Arts Centre, Edinburgh.
The Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead.
The Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.
Selected Past Exhibitions ~
2008 ..
European Baskets National Craft Museum,
Kilkenny Ireland, and touring.
Contemporary Craft Fair, Bovey Tracey.
'Spring into Action'
Mathew Burt Showroom Hindon, Salisbury.
The Gallery at Waterperry, Oxford.
2007 ..
'East Weaves West', Basketry form Japan and Britain,
The Collins Gallery, Glasgow (and touring)
'Origin', Somerset House, London
'Rapture', The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
'Organic' ~Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford
'Seeing Dragons in the Clouds' ~
The Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead. (touring)
'Urban Field' ~
Contemporary Applied Arts, Percy Street, London.
'The Cutting Edge' ~ Scotland's Contemporary Crafts,
National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street,
Edinburgh. (then touring)
Demonstration of work at Hawthornden Court,
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.
'Collect' at the V & A, London.
(demonstrating in the Japan Gallery)
2006 ..
'Bonds', Designs Gallery, Castle Douglas.
'SOFA' Chicago, represented by Browngrotta Arts.
'Origin: The London Craft Fair 2006', Somerset House,
London.
'Spring Fling', Galloway Open Workshop Weekend.
'Collect' at the V & A, London. (Flow Gallery)
2005 ..
'Spring Fling', Galloway Open Workshop Weekend.
'Christmas Present', Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead.
'Chelsea Crafts Fair', Old Town Hall, Chelsea.
The Scottish Gallery at Greywalls, Gullane.
'Contemporary Crafts', The Medici Gallery, London.
'Chelsea Flower Show', Sculpture in The Boreal Garden.
'Spirit of Liberty', Libertys, London.
'Collect' at the V & A, London. (Flow Gallery)
2004 ..
'Focus', Contemporary Applied Arts, London.
The Affordable Art Fair, London.
2003 ..
The Hub, Sleaford, Lincolnshire.
2002 ..
Weaving Stories, City Arts Centre, Edinburgh.
Contemporary Decorative Arts, Sotheby's, London
2001 ..
The Unexpected, Sotheby's, New York.
The Basket Show, Furniture Co, New York.
The Garden Show, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh.
Selected Exhibitions ~ continued
2001 ..
The V & A Museum, London.
The Glasgow Art Fair, Glasgow.
From Across the Pond, Browngrotta Arts, USA.
Out-Moded, Sotheby's, London.
2000 ..
Contemporary British Baskets, Oxford Gallery.
Scotland House, Brussels.
Egg, London.
In Focus, Sotheby's London.
Selected
Exhibitions ~ continued
1999 ..
25 for the 25th, Browngrotta Arts, USA
Contemporary International Basketmaking,
The Crafts Council, London.
Opening Exhibition, Flow, London
1998 ..
Crafts Council Showcase, London
Making Weaves, National Museum of Scotland,
Edinburgh.
The Medici Gallery, London.
Installations
~
2002 ..
Way Merks Project, Scottish Borders.
Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital Commission.
2000 ..
Coming to our Senses, Craftspace Touring.
Living Willow House, private commission.
1999 ..
Living Willow Installation, Hartlepool.
Willow Seat, Dumfries and Galloway Council.
Archive
Section ~ (articles
reproduced in full)
Craft Arts International ~ 2008
Period Living ~ November, 2007
The Independent On Sunday ~ 21st May, 2006
The Times Magazine ~ Saturday, 23/07/2005
Inspirations Magazine ~ August 2005
Scotland on Sunday, At Home ~ June 2005
Scotsman Magazine ~ May2005
Scotland on Sunday, Spectrum ~ April 2005
The Press and Journal ~ April 2005
Homes and Interiors, Scotland ~ Jan/Feb 2005
BBC Homes and Antiques Magazine ~ November 2004
BBC Homes and Antiques Magazine ~ July 2004
Scotland on Sunday Magazine ~ At Home (27/7/2003)
Crafts Magazine ~ Cover Article (November 1997)
Reforesting Scotland ~ Artists in Wood (Summer
2000)
Gardens Illustrated ~ Profile (July / August 2000)
Resurgence ~ Containers of the Countryside (Nov
2001)
Publications ~
2002 The Complete Craft Book, Murdoch Books
2000 Scotland's Crafts, NMS Publishing Ltd
1999 Contemporary International Basketmaking,
Merrell Holberton
1999 Garden Crafts, Conran Octopus
2003 Sunday Telegraph Magazine, March 30th
2002 Crafts, September
2001 Daily Telegraph, May 12th
2001 Vogue, February
2001 Country Life, February 15th
2001 World of Interiors, February
2000 Fibrearts, USA, January
1999 Glasgow Herald Magazine