EDUCATION

University of Warwick              July 2008              CertEd – Certificate of Higher Education in Post        

                                                                         Compulsory Education and Training

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New College, Bromsgrove         July 2006             City and Guilds 7407 teaching   

               

New College, Bromsgrove         July 2005/2004    City and Guilds felt making                  level 1, 2 and 3

                                                                          City and Guilds design for craft            level 1, 2 and 3

                                                                          NOCN textiles

                                                                          City and Guilds machine embroidery    level 2 and 3

 

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS

Specialist textile qualification recognised by EU taken in Finland, I am the only person in the UK to have this

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INVITED TUTOR

Felt Rosa, Italy 2016

IFA AGM, UK 2017

Midwest Felting Symposium, USA 2018

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Filtti – Finnish Felt making Association

IFA – International Felt makers Association

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EXHIBITIONS COLLATED

UK feltmakers Black and White sent to Summer exhibition Finland 2015

Organised 2 exhibitions in UK of Filtti members at  Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, UK and Cold harbour Mill, Uffculme, UK 2010

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Funky Felt and Fibres – Caroline Merrell Feltmaker, Worcester

January 2010 to present - Tutor/felt artist.  

 tutoring felt courses and selling my own work and felting supplies

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Felt in the Factory, Nr Ross on Wye

January 2013 to November 2015 - Tutor

dedicated felt studio, offering courses taught by international tutors and myself to a high standard in creativity and quality and City and Guilds Feltmaking level 2

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Westhope Craft College, Craven Arms, Shropshire

September 2011 to June 2015 - Tutor. 

Tutoring design and craft and City and Guilds felt making level 2 and 3.

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Moral Fibre, Stanton Lacy, Ludlow

August 2009 to January 2010 - Manager of felt making business.  

Tutoring courses and making bookings and being host to tutors from the Europe and further afield.

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New College, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire  (Inkberrow Design Centre)

September 2004 to July 2010 - Lecturer

tutor of felt making and design and craft for post 16, delivering City and Guilds to a high standard