About Me:

I’m based in Wales, but grew up in various places around the UK.

After completing my Foundation Diploma in art and design, I studied Jewellery and Silversmithing design at Loughborough, which is where I discovered bas-relief sculpting. This led me to an apprenticeship as an engraver at the Royal Mint.

I spent 15 years at the Royal Mint, rising to the post of Chief Engraver in 2004.

It was during this time that I learned to balance design with the commercial needs of a busy event driven business, and the importance of being able to verbalise creative ideas in a way that makes their value apparent to more commercial areas of the business.

I parted ways with the Mint in 2011, and spent a year working with GDR Creative Intelligence, a London based innovation consultancy specialising in the retail sector.

Although brief, this role showed me the transferable nature of my commercial design experience, and also revealed my innate ability for pattern spotting and connecting different ideas.

In 2012, I returned home to Wales and began working as a freelance designer, quickly falling back in with the coin industry.

I taught myself digital sculpting, and this formed the backbone of my work. I also began working at Cardiff met University, as an associate tutor on the Graphic Design degree, where I delivered workshops and modules aimed at boosting the students critical and lateral thinking skills.