23 Jun Les Arts Decoratifs
The BF and I went on a short trip to Paris recently. I like to make sure I visit Paris at least once a year. There is something that I find so inspiring about Paris. It's so close, yet so different to London. We always...
04 Jun Sparrowhawk
Have you seen this gorgeous fella. He's a Sparrowhawk, not the usual type of sparrowhawk. It's what a sparrowhawk might look like if a sparrow mated with a Hawk (not likely to happen but you never know). I was interested to know what it would...
23 May Nature Morte – rethinking still life – some installation images
Here are a few images of the installation at Pitfield London of my exhibition. There are a lot more to come, I'm still processing them, as there are so many great images, feeling a bit overwhelmed by them at the moment and can't decided which...
14 May Collect Part 2 – Cleo Mussi
One of my favourite things at Collect was the installation by Cleo Mussi. I have long been an admirer of her work so it was really great to see such a big installation in person. If you don't know her work, she is a contemporary mosaic...
12 May Collect 2014
Collect opened last night. I went along with the lovely Claire Coles to have a look and to see my work there of course. Here is a selection of my favourite things that I saw there. [caption id="attachment_2056" align="alignnone" width="687"] The colour of the pot is so...
01 May And the winner is….
A few weeks ago the Perrier Jouet Arts Salon met up in a gorgeous garden room, complete with motorised roof for when it got a bit too chilly, at the Belgraves Hotel. Our purpose to select the 2014 winner. We had 10 nominees, all emerging makers working...
15 Apr on being inspired by William Morris
I was reading recently that it was William Morris' 180 birthday. That got me thinking about how much I've been inspired by the work of William Morris, particularly his textile designs. I love his use of nature in the patterns he designed. He creates a fantasy...
14 Apr A dissection – after William Morris
A dissection - after William Morris. This is a brand new piece that I finished recently. Well actually I cut the 6 pieces that it is made up of several months ago but couldn't work out what to do with them. The idea I'd had when...
05 Mar Art 14
So Art 14 took place last weekend and what a great fair it was. I was sadly only able to go once, so I'm not quite sure I got to see everything. I did go to go along to the VIP opening so I managed...
26 Feb The wonderful work of Rachel Howard
I've been taking a few days off this week for some rest and recuperation and get some new inspiration. I'd forgotten that that's part of my job. I find it very easy to get distracted by all the things that need to be done, there...