Pamela now lives in East Sussex. Looking for adult education classes, she was drawn to lacemaking and began making lace in 1985.  Keen to develop her own designs, she embarked on the City and Guilds course, completing Part 1 in 1998 and Part 2 in 2002.  She received a medal of excellence for both parts.  She joined the Westhope Group in 2007.

 

In the past, Pamela has experimented with various materials, working with coarse threads on a large scale. This included a phase of working with ‘thread’ made of plastic bags cut into strips. She enjoys pushing the boundaries of lacemaking, trying to use the traditional techniques in non-traditional ways. Much of her work uses simple lacemaking techniques, relying on scale and repetition to create interesting designs. With a mathematical background, she has used mathematical shapes and solids in her work, which led to several 3-dimensional pieces, and often creates non-standard grids for her bobbin lace pieces.

 

Pamela works in both bobbin lace and needlelace.  Her work does not conform to any one style, since she chooses the techniques that best suits the subject. She enjoys the challenge of working towards a theme for exhibitions and usually produces several pieces for any theme getting her inspiration from anything and everywhere.