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Having left a promising career as an accountant, Gillian studied textiles at Goldsmiths in London. Her practice is predominately textile based as the feel and texture of a piece is important. She works both abstractly and figuratively, depending on inspiration.

Her first major series of work was about protection and surveillance resulting in large scale digitally knitted images, included in The Cutting Edge, a National Museums of Scotland exhibition and Shelter, a series of cocoon-like protective sculptures.

Having received a Scottish Arts Council grant in 2008 to create a new body of work using the facilities of Duncan of Jordanstone School of Art and Design in Dundee, Gillian developed a series of work loosely called ‘the 37 steps’. This is an experimental series of projections on and through textile hangings, based on the repetition of daily life. Further developments include a group of small textile snapshots. This work formed the basis for her 2010 solo exhibition at The Changing Room in Stirling.

In 2011 her project, ‘Unsung Muses’, had its debut at the Festival of Quilts at the NEC, Birmingham.

Visit her blog page here to see her current work in progress.
Many of her pieces are available for sale on her Folksy site here or email her for more details.

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