I've made something new. It's made from 5 paper cuts. Each one cut from a map of the former USSR from a vintage Polish world atlas given to me recently by my lovely friend Yvonna. The atlas is so beautiful, the colours of the maps are so...
Marcin Rusak was the very worthy winner of the 2015 Perrier Jouet Art Salon Prize (you can read about the judging here). The exhibition is at Contemporary Applied Arts until 1 August and is well worth a trip. All the details are on the Contemporary Applied Arts...
Some things you might know about me: 1. I'm actually afraid of birds, well mostly of London pigeons, they are such bullies and so dirty. 2. I used to sign my name with a Japanese symbol when I was a teenager. 3. My go to guilty pleasure TV...
My project to tidy and de clutter my studio is going well. Though there still seems a lot to do it feels a lot clearer now. The next jobs are going through all my bits of paper and clearing some of them out. This is...
I've made a couple of new works that have flown down to Cornwall for the Summer. They are part of The Ripple Effect, the latest exhibition at The Byre Gallery, click here for full details. The exhibition opens on 18 July. If you're down in Cornwall...
I'm a bit of a stationery freak so I made sure to research the best stationery shops in Tokyo before I went. One of which is Ito-Ya. I went to their main shop in Ginza. It was truly amazing, 6 floors of stationery heaven. I spent...
I work from home, which is many ways is really great. No commute, I can work in my pj's etc. And mostly I love it, but sometimes my work takes over (or feels like it). I sometimes feel like I can't breath and think. This...
Following from my previous posts (here and here) about faces that are inspiring me. I'm still waiting for the way I'm going to use them in my work is going to come out. At the moment the ideas are buzzing around and I know at...
I'd forgotten about this piece, which is a terrible thing as it's so lovely. It's cut from one of my favourite maps of the Swiss Alps. I love the colours and the ethereal quality of the map. This inspired me to cut some delicate alpine...
Lemurs have been named as the world's most endangered vertebrates. The destruction of their habitat on Madagascar is leading to their rapid decline. They are only found in the wild on Madagascar which is why their future is so uncertain. I also read an article about...