About

Jane’s practice focuses on site‑responsive sculptural work grounded in traditional tapestry, mould making, and casting techniques. Her work is driven by an ongoing engagement with memory, loss, and regeneration within landscapes shaped by industrial activity. Through material investigation, she examines how sites of production carry layered histories and how processes of regeneration can simultaneously reconnect and marginalise the communities bound to them.

Central to her practice is the preservation and re‑presentation of artefacts once handled by industrial workers. Using textile‑based and casting processes, Jane captures traces of labour and the embedded histories of specific places. These fragments acknowledge the lives and work that sustained such sites, ensuring their presence remains visible within continually changing landscapes.

Jane is based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, and is an active member of The 62 Group and the British Tapestry Group. She studied for a BA (Hons) in Crafts, specialising in ceramics and woven textiles, at Manchester Metropolitan University in 1993, and later completed an MA in Creative Practice at Leeds Arts University in 2019. Alongside her studio practice, she mentors emerging artists, delivers workshops, and actively pursues collaborative projects with heritage sites, galleries, and publications.

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