Anne is a Jack of all Trades, enjoying learning a new skill so she can experiment in doing it wrong, forcing different techniques to suit her will.

 

In order to add another craft to her skills, her first lesson in lacemaking was respectable Torchon in 1962, since when this craft has become one of her favourites. The next thing on the pillow were solid leaves to go into a tapestry, using the method simply to control the shape. Then Anne got into wire lace in 1978 to challenge a big-headed Yank.

 

After they had tried all the proper people, she was invited, as the Court Jester, to make up the numbers for the first City and Guilds in Lace. In 1989, following the course, Anne became a founder member of the Westhope Group, hosting the group at her craft college in Westhope, Shropshire.

 

Since then, she has played general silly devils with it, using techniques based on pseudo Honiton lace. Her work is often influenced by the exhibition title or what has arisen out of doing it wrong, her motto being "try it upside down and under water".

 

As well as her love of lace, she has been involved in many crafts, including glass and Timbuktu Gold.