I have to confess that I'm a bit obsessed by wall paper patterns and have always used them in my work. This is one of my favourites. I made it 3 years ago but had never got it photographed properly, so it was a bout time...
I was commissioned by Jorge Canete (read all about the exhibition I did with him here) to make 10 dragonflies to celebrate his 10 years as an interior designer (see his website here). Each dragonfly has a different quote from a philosopher. The dragonflies are made from...
And here is part 2...
I'm not quite sure why I haven't had my work photographed framed before. Ok the odd piece in an exhibition but never the properly in my studio. So I decided to make amends for this a few weeks ago. And here are the results (part...
This piece was made for the First Cut exhibition in Manchester. It was inspired by a William Morris pattern, with my own additions. The is an historic rivalry between Manchester and Liverpool yet also a lot of collaboration. I love the way the 2 cities look,...
My new piece ‘Singing the leaving of Liverpool’ was created for the exhibition Mersey Maritime at the Bluecoat Display Centre in Liverpool. The exhibition is to celebrate the 175th birthday of Cunard Line that was based in Liverpool. For some reason I had this song by Elvis...
These lovely birds are heading off to America in their dreams. They are cut from a map of trade routes from a 1930’s Chambers of Commerce Atlas. I love the pastel colours of the map and these little birds are flittering and fluttering around on...
I love this group of parrots all flying around together. If you've ever been to Kew (and many other places as well) you can see large groups of parakeets flying around just like this. They make such an amazing noise. I'm always humbled by nature, it's...
Did you know a group of owls is called a parliament or wisdom. I guess it seems obvious that birds with such a powerful reputation as owls would be called a parliament. Which seems fitting as today we are voting for a new parliament in...
The Palais de Tokyo is always one of my favourite places to visit in Paris. I hadn't been for a couple of years so on my recent trip we hot footed it there. It's a perfect pre-dinner or even post dinner trip (it's open until...