Born in Devon, England in 1976, Virginia liked to draw and
sculpt from an early age. After studying art and design at Exeter College,
she embarked on a degree in illustration at Kingston University, where she
did much of the work featured on this website. Her final project was the
'Inner Season's' series of pastel paintings that describe a girl's journey
into womanhood. Shortly after graduating in 1999, Virginia was lucky enough
to have the opportunity to work as a sculptor for the "Lord of the Rings'
trilogy in New Zealand. For the first 8 months she created archetectual details,
fountains and statues for the sets, in particular for Minas Tirith. When the
film production had finished, she went onto sculpt highly detailed, collectible
wall plaques
of scenes from the films. Currently residing in Brighton, Virginia has been
devoting some of her time to sculpting and painting for exhibition, aswell
as having recently completed her first children's book entitled 'the frog
bride', a russian fairy tale retold by Antonia Barber due to be released next
year. Another forthcoming project is a book about 'Persephone'.
