Current / Recent Exhibitions

Waste Not - Want it!
14th June - 20th July 2008
The Hub, Sleaford

Fragmented and Full
3rd October - 25th November 2007
78 Derngate (Charles Rennie Mackintosh Museum), Northampton
www.78derngate.org.uk

Open Studios
24th - 25th November 2007
Banks' Mill Studios, Derby
A chance to visit Laura and other artists in studio settings
www.banksmill.org.uk

In Residence
6th May - 11th June 2006
The Yard Gallery, Nottingham Solo show

Nesting Vessels
July 1st to August 28th 2005
Hove Museum and Art Gallery

Expect the Unexpected
May 7th to July 30th 2005
Leeds Craft Centre and Design Gallery

Stirrings in the Ivy
March 20th to September 28th 2004
Pickford's House Museum, Derby

Home Grown
May 21st to June 19th 2004
Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool

Secret Garden
June 19th to August 8th 2004
Millennium Galleries, Sheffield

Contemporary Baskets
April 26th to July 18th 2003
Manchester Craft and Design Centre

Fresh Air 2003 [website]
June 28th to July 19th 2003
Quenington Old Rectory, Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Second Nature
June 28th to August 24th 2003
Derby Museum and Art Gallery

Out There
June 19th to August 3rd 2003
Crafts Council Gallery, Islington, London [website]

Hebden Bridge Sculpture Trail
2002
Hebden Bridge

100% Design
2001
London

New Designers
2001
London


Residencies

Trinity College
Warwick, 2005

Longroad Sixth Form College
Cambridge, 2004

Broughton Castle
Banbury, 2004

Hebden Bridge Sculpture Trail
Hardcastle Crags, National Trust, 2002


Awards

Crafts Council Development Award, 2004

Grants for the Arts, Arts Council,
2004

Quenington Sculpture Trust Bursary,
2003


Selected Publications

Carfts Magazine, July/August 2004
The Observer, Weekend Edition,
March 2004
Derbyshire Life & Countryside,
Feb 2004
Derbyshire Today,
July 2003
Manchester City Lights Magazine,
April 2003
Elle Decoration, Italian Edition, ,
December 2001


Recent Retail Outlets

Albrezzi
Sloane Square, London

Derek Topp Gallery
Derbyshire

Ferrers Gallery
Derbyshire

Manchester Craft and Design Centre

Mint
Wigmore Street, London

Nest
Leicester

Pure Living Lounge
Selfridges, London

Red House
North Yorkshire

photographer - Ashley Franklin 2005