CV

Creative Skills

Visual: photography, video editing using Final Cut, drawing, screenprinting, painting, collage,

Aural: singing, percussion, harp, professionally recording, mixing and producing audio and music, using Logic software

Practical: growing plants, herbalism, bookbinding, sewing

Communication: writing, giving talks, leading workshops

Education

MSc Sustainability

Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, in partnership with The Eden Project, Cornwall

2019 - 2023

Modules: Governance and Behaviour Change, Better Business, Working Towards Change, System Pressures, and a Major Research Project (see Fertile Grounds in the portfolio for more details).

BA Hons Music and Visual Art

Brighton University

2012 - 2015

Foundation Art Degree, specialising in Time-Based Media

University of the Arts London, Camberwell College of Arts

2011-2012

People, Identity and Society: The Making of Modern Britain

Short history course at Cardiff University exploring aspects of Welsh identity, involving an assignment on ways of addressing controversial public statues

2024

Events and Workshops

Wild Welsh Walks

May 2025 - present

A new series of community walks I’m hosting where I lead small groups through Nash Wood, an ancient woodland in Hook, Pembrokeshire, identifying wildflowers and talking about their Welsh names and folklore, encouraging local people to learn about Welsh botanical culture, share their own stories and also relax, unwind and connect to nature.

Botanical Screen-printing Workshop with Popty Press

April 2025 (with upcoming dates tbc)

I was invited to lead a screen-printing workshop with Haverfordwest-based printing studio Popty Press, where I devised and delivered a full-day workshop inspired by wild plants, Welsh plant names and folklore.

Seedy Saturday by Glasbren

March 2025

Stall-holder in the annual Seedy Saturday event at Sero in Carmarthern. Selling herb & all products and talking to the public about Wild Welsh Plants, alongside botanically minded orgs including Seed Soverignty Wales, Plantlife Cymru, Liliwen Herbs and more.

Pembrokeshire Open Studios

Featuring a selection of herb & all products as part of a collective studio in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire

August 2024, 2023

Bookbinding Workshops

2016 - 2019

I designed and delivered a series of bookbinding workshops to small groups over several years at Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre in Devon, and the Brewhouse Arts Centre in Somerset, covering traditional bookbinding methods such as Coptic and Japanese stab-binding.

Publications

The Cuckoo Flower / Blodyn y Gog: let it sing for a long time to come

25th April 2025

Published by Radicle on Substack

Cennin Pedr: the roots and reach of the wild daffodil

1st March 2025

Published by Cwlwm on Substack

BBC Radio Wales

On my Own from my EP ‘a small fire’, played on Introducing with Adam Walton

15th February 2025

a small fire

Self-released EP under the artist name Oxen Mare, available on all major music streaming platforms

November 2024

Exhibitions

Terrain

Multi-faceted installation featured in the‘Made It’ Degree Show, Brighton University of the Arts (see portfolio)

June 2015

Submerged

Video and sound installation featured in the UAL Foundation Degree Show, Camberwell College of Arts

June 2011

Employment History

herb & all and So Seed Kits

herbandall.com and herbandall.com/so-seed-kits

2022 - present

Self-employed creator of illustrated seed-kit business, involving:

  • illustrating, designing and producing a range of herb-inspired sustainable products

  • Researching and writing plant histories, Welsh folklore, herb uses and growing instructions for product packaging and website

  • Taking and editing product photos

  • Establishing professional relationships with shops and businesses in Wales and beyond

  • Taking part in events such as workshops, markets and Pembrokeshire Open Studios

  • Collaborating with charities and organisations to create bespoke products, previous clients including St George’s Hospital Charity, Listen, Channel Advisor

  • Running social media accounts and seasonal newsletter how to herb

  • Managing stock levels and storing materials

Work Coach, Department for Work and Pensions

Taunton Job Centre, Somerset

2018 - 2020

Managing a large and varied caseload supporting people in claiming Universal Credit, including:

  • Working with people who’d experienced homelessness and addiction, as well as care leavers, prison leavers, people struggling with their mental health, people learning English

  • Developing a new programme to inspire and support people aged 18-24 into work, further education or apprenticeships

  • Contributing to the South-West Race Network, assisting in developing workshops in anti-racism and understanding white privilege

  • Designing and delivering presentations for Black History Month and Holocaust Memorial Day

  • Ambassador for Fair Treatment - attending training and acting as a first point of call for staff experiencing bullying or harassment, signposting to other sources of support

Support Worker for adults with learning disabilities

Greenway House, Taunton, Somerset

2017-2018

Supporting a house of six residents with profound multiple learning disabilities in their every day lives, including:

  • Actively participating in their communities and attending local events

  • Organising in-house music and art activities

  • Supporting residents in setting goals and developing a sense of purpose and fulfilment

  • Initiating a veg- garden project, where residents could grow and eat their own produce

  • Daily personal care and domestic tasks

Este Libro

2015 - 2020

Self-employed creator of artisan bookbinding business: 

  • Hand-making screen-printed, cloth-covered artist’s books sold online, at craft markets and in The British Library Shop in London and Hauser & Wirth Gallery shop in Bruton, Somerset

  • Devising and delivering a series of bookbinding workshops in Exeter phoenix Arts Centre, Devon and The Brewhouse Theatre, Somerset

Artist and goat farm assistant

July 2011

Volunteering on a sustainable organic goat farm, dairy and restaurant in Galilee, Israel

  • Designing and painting a botanical mural

  • Hand-milking goats and assisting in the dairy

  • Various jobs on the farm helping to feed animals, clear land and irrigate trees

Haberdashery Manager and Creative Workshop Facilitator

Sally Bourne The Workshop, Crouch End, London

2010 - 2012

Co-managing a haberdashery and craft workshop space, including:

  • teaching sewing workshops for kids

  • assisting with various workshops including knitting, soap making, furniture painting, mosaics

  • creating window displays

  • participating in a monthly ‘Barboot’ - an evening event of craft stalls and live music