After discovering a passion for costume while at Dreyfoos School of the Arts, I have been making, designing, dressing and studying the industry ever since. From Leeds Arts Uni, National Youth Theatre, Leeds Playhouse Costume Hire, to University of Huddersfield, I have been expanding my skills and approaches towards a career in costume for stage and film. Industry placements with Opera North and Slow Burn Theatre, as well as local theatre work has helped me develop my construction and supervision skills, solidifying my determination to one day become a designer. I increasingly realize how necessary the process of research reference and identification is when considering my future in the theatre industry, as well as a valued member on a creative team.
I have never stopped dreaming. Imagination was a comfort and escape to a jewelled world from which I drew vision for the career I would be dedicated to and infatuated with. Making costumes has incorporated everything I love: original ideas, drawing, using various different materials, and creating a story. Whatever I had grown up dreaming, it is now possible and tangible because I can make it so. Imagination is what led me to my true craft and helped me develop it into an art form. I’m glad I have never lost that part of my childhood and it is still with me to this day, I trust that it will never abandon me in the future.
