From Album cover quiz 2020
Hi, I'm Anna!
I work primarily in textiles producing projects that straddle art, craft and design.
My practice combines traditional methods of production with digital technologies: as a way to encourage and facilitate experimentation within the making process, and to simplify or speed up the production process.
My projects are playful and engaging and I aim to make all of my work immediately accessible to people, using humour and humility to connect with an audience.
I predominately work on my own, but also work as an collective, Blow Your Own Trumpet, previously known as MMM (Monthly Making Mondays).
Exhibitions and Workshops
2024: Thanks For Having Me (solo show!), Sheffield Hallam University
2023: Yes We Can, Techncial Group show, Sheffield Hallam University
2022: Blowing your own trumpet, Albert Road, Sheffield
2021: Sheffield Feminist Archive online with Blowing your Own Trumpet
2021: Blowing your own trumpet, Albert Road, Sheffield
2019: Art En Route festival, Heraklion, Crete
2018: Art of Motherhood group show, Brooklyn, NY
2017: Freehand Creative workshops and show with Gill Neil, organised by Charly Calpin, Sheffield
2016: She Art Now, SheFest fringe festival group show and workshops, Chapel Walk, Sheffield
2013: Reclaiming the Breast solo show, Cantor Building, Sheffield
Awards
2013: Brightest Spark Sheffield Hallam University
2002: John Hullah award UWE, Bristol
2002: Certificate of Infinite Happiness, Fine Art staff, UWE Bristol
2002: Best Use of Library Binding Facilities, Library staff, UWE Bristol
Work Experience
2014 –2025
Sheffield Hallam University
Associate Lecturer in Graphic Design and Foundation in Art & Design and Fine Art
2003 – 2024
Sheffield Hallam University
Senior Technician
Digital Workshops, woodworking, exhibition installation, picture framing
2002 – 2003
University of the West of England, Bristol
Technician
Education
2015 – 2016
Sheffield Hallam University
Post Graduate Qualification in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.
2010 – 2013
Sheffield Hallam University
MA Distinction in Graphic Design
1998 – 2002
University of the West of England, Bristol
BA (Hons) Fine Art in Context
1997-1998
Leeds College of Art
Btec ND in Foundation studies in Art and Design