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 › Elections › News › Textiles › Miriam Ward – election statement

Miriam Ward – election statement

adminocasa September 2, 2013     No Comment    

Textiles

Miriam Ward is standing as a student representative for textiles, this is her statement

Background bio

Ever since I was a small child I have been passionate about “crafts” of any kind, an avid collector of small treasures to be transformed into something else. I was influenced greatly by my grandmothers, one of whom was a seamstress and the other a primary school teacher who always had a textile project under way and every birthday or Christmas gift was hand made. Upon leaving school I applied for a “proper job” and spent 19 years in the Insurance industry, while always dabbling in textile related pursuits in my free time. In late 2010 the opportunity arose for me to take redundancy, and my personal circumstances were such that it was time for me to take a leap of faith and pursue a career change. I will never forget handing in my work  mobile and laptop one day and diving into the textiles course material the day after! This is where my journey with the OCA started and until recently I have been studying with the OCA full time, whilst also enjoying being a full time mum to my two children. I recently commenced work for the National Trust, at Quarry Bank Mill demonstrating the spinning machinery to the visiting public.

I live in the North West with my fantastic husband, daughter, son and two dwarf russian hamsters……surrounded by unfinished textile projects, and a garden I never have enough time in!
Election statement
I am passionate about textiles (I feel this is worth repeating!) and I try to share this with like minded people. My experiences of the OCA so far have been positive, and I feel a great deal of affection for this organisation that enables me to study at a pace and in a situation that suits me. I accept that distance learning can have its pitfalls but my positive attitude is something I believe I can use to support and assist my fellow textiles students. I am most definitely a problem solver and believe my experiences within my corporate career can be used to good effect to advocate sharing of student experiences and resolving of problems students may be facing. I am an active participant on the OCA Textiles forums and other discussion forums used by OCA Textiles students, I am getting better at sharing my work openly for critique, but perhaps I have some way to go with this! I intend to be a strong representative for the Textiles Students whom at present have a relatively low participation rate on the OCA student site.
Miriam Ward

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