Building Historian:

I’m a PhD student at the Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates (ISWE) researching an Elizabethan mansion called St Fagans Castle. Prior to this I did a masters degree in Building History at the University of Cambridge.

I have nine years experience of working as a Museum Assistant at St Fagans National Museum of History, an open-air museum full of historic buildings from across Wales. In the summer of 2021 I worked as an intern at SAVE Britain’s Heritage, who campaign to save buildings at risk of demolition or dereliction. I am currently the volunteer Events Officer for C20 Cymru, the representation of the Twentieth Century Society in Wales.

Building Illustrator:

I bring this expertise and passion for buildings to my illustrations, from choosing which buildings to depict to capturing every detail. Before pursuing building history I did a degree in architecture, which has influenced my three-dimensional approach to representing buildings and gardens. I sell prints and cards of my illustrations in my online shop and with various stockists in Cardiff.

Illustration clients include Yale University Press, Amgueddfa Cymru and Triglyph Books. I’m always interested in working with new clients and taking on new projects. Please get in touch if you have something in mind.

Work

 

Talks

‘St Fagans Castle: An Architectural History’, paper at the Researching. Writing and Presenting Welsh Country House Histories Conference, Penpont, November 2024.

‘Investigating St Fagans Castle, an Elizabethan Mansion in Cardiff’, paper at New Insights into C16 and C17 British Architecture 14th Annual Conference, Society of Antiquaries London, January 2024.

‘Three Generations of Windsor Clive Women at St Fagans Castle’, paper on women and garden history at the Women’s Archive Wales 26th Annual Conference, St Fagans National Museum of History, October 2023.

Talk about bringing illustration and history together in my work, Design Swansea, February 2023.

‘St Fagans Castle: its architectural and garden history’, lecture for Discovering Old Welsh Houses, January 2023.

Discussion about St Fagans with Manon Awst and Mared McAleavey for Cynfas, the National Museum of Wales’ digital arts magazine, July 2021.

‘New Perspectives on Ironworkers’ Housing in Merthyr Tydfil, 1750 - 1850’, paper in New Directions in Welsh History Conference, October 2020.

Writing

Blog posts for the Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates in 2024: ISWE St Fagans Castle and the Clive Colonial Fortune; ISWE and Women’s History; The Servants of Insole Court; Book Launch for The Middleman at Middleton Hall.

‘Unlikely Neighbours: Llainfadyn and Nantwallter’, article for Cynfas, the National Museum of Wales’s digital arts magazine, July 2021.

‘Community and Privacy in a Place for Life’, Places for Life II, Design Commission for Wales, 2020.

‘Community Planning: Ironworkers’ Housing in Merthyr’s  The Triangle’, Santes Dwynwen Magazine, 2020.

‘The Origins and Evolutions of Ironworkers’ Housing in Merthyr Tydfil, 1750-1850’, unpublished MSt dissertation, University of Cambridge, 2020.

Illustration

Illustrations for the opening titles of BOOM Cymru’s television series ‘Cartrefi Cymru’, 2024. Watch on iPlayer here.

Cardiff M.A.D.E’s featured maker for January and February 2023. Read the feature on their website here.

Promotional postcard for C20 Cymru, the representation of the Twentieth Century Society in Wales, August 2022. See the design here.

‘12 Days of Christmas’, a series of illustrations for Triglyph Books to promote their book Old Homes, New Life: The resurgence of the British country house, December 2021. See the illustrations on Instagram here.


Cover and chapter illustrations for Clive Aslet, The Story of the Country House, Yale University Press, 2021. Read a Q&A about the project here.