Shauna Richardson
Award winning artist Shauna Richardson studied fine art at De
Montfort University Leicester.
She has been crocheting all her life and is known for her
individual freestyle crochet technique and her signature life-size
animal sculpture for which she invented the term Crochetdermy®. She
has 15 years of teaching experience and is invited to both speak
and run crochet workshops internationally. Shauna's work has
received much critical acclaim and has been exhibited
internationally at many prestigious venues including Saatchi
Gallery, the Natural History and Victoria & Albert Museums
London. Crochetdermy® portraits include Mayor of London Boris
Johnson as blond gorilla, and HRH Prince Harry as ginger baboon.
Public commissions include a flagship project for the London 2012
Olympic Games for which she crocheted three 25ft lions that toured
the UK in a mobile glass vehicle. Live television interviews
include BBC News, Sunday brunch and Winterwatch.
Describe your approach to teaching?
I enjoy developing skills and confidence on an individual level by
supporting students to learn at their own pace in a relaxed and
friendly atmosphere.
What inspires your won work?
I find the varied ways in which traditional skills are mastered and
employed to create contemporary work relevant in a digital age
inspirational.
