Patty Preece graduated as Valedictorian from the SAE Byron Bay Bachelor of Audio Production and continued to work as a VET teacher and Head HE tutor, specialising in studio production and music production for screen and radio. She currently lectures at Central Queensland University in music and production. Patty has designed sound elements for a number of projects, most recently for the project We Are The Trees - installed at the National Museum in Canberra. Patty is the producer and instrument builder on the Ironing Maidens project, developing MIDI controllers and custom Synthesisers inside domestic irons to use as performance instruments. She has a passion for experimentation with non-traditional instrument design and its influence on the creative practice of music composition. Patty is currently finishing her Masters in Digital Instrument Design.

Read more about Patty's Local Giants commissioned work Hot and Heavy.