Having always been interested in art and design I took an Art Foundation course at Coventry University in 1991, specialising in textile design. I then went on to gain a 1st class Honours degree in textile design and surface decoration at Buckinghamshire College High Wycombe in 1995.

During my degree I developed a love of silk. I became fascinated by how it could be manipulated using screen printing techniques. Throughout the course I decided to specialise in screen printing and produced a Japanese themed final show. By printing imagery of natural and man made patterns in everyday Japanese life, I combined images of bamboo and traffic jams.

Whilst at University, I became interested in photography. I learnt the process of using cameras, developing my own photographs and then using them on screens and printing onto silk.

Almost 10 years on, my interest in photography has turned digital and I have replaced screen printing with a computer. However, my love for images depicting patterns remains the same. Each card design is inspired by regular and irregular patterns of nature; the sea, waves, sand, petals on flowers and leaves on trees.

by Tina Spruce.