Blog – my journal & behind the scenes
The Pony Way Is Essex 2026
Just back from a live model horse show, my first in more than 13 years, and easily the one with the best name ever. Although it's been a long time since I've been active in the...
Colour challenge: Colchester
There are some brilliant communities for photographers around, and one of these is Lisa Devlin's Photography Farm - open, supportive and actually useful. So when she suggested a...
BTS: finding hares in Norfolk
Having always wanted hares and jackalopes in my portfolio of art (mainly for my own wall, though Moon Hare is one of my best selling prints!), finding myself staying next to...
Monster High Twyla cosplay Part 3: Making the accessories
The last of the series of posts showing more details of how I made my Monster High Twyla cosplay - let's go! Choosing what to make While accurate cosplays are very satisfying, I...
Monster High Twyla Cosplay Part 2: Making the Book of Talismans bag
The second of the promised more detailed posts about how I made my Monster High Twyla cosplay... this is the Book of Talismans, which I turned into a book bag! By far my...
Monster High Twyla Cosplay part 1: The Outfit
I promised a more detailed series on how my Monster High Twyla cosplay came together, and here's the first! Having identified the main silhouettes, colours and general shapes and...
Cosplay: Monster High Twyla
Introducing Twyla Boogeyman... I am so proud of this one! Sitting somewhere between bounding and true cosplay, it feels like the essence of her, and the only thing I'd add is...
Introducing Foiled Again workshops – make the prettiest shoes & boots ever!
OMG you guys! I can't believe I haven't written about this properly yet! Do you want the shiniest, prettiest, coolest shoes in town? OF COURSE you do... and I can show you how!...
My mermaid tail is not AI
I've spent quite a bit of time recently reading about AI - it seems to suddenly be everywhere, even though the quality of its output is still questionable and its accuracy is...
Photos with my younger self
There's a really lovely trend doing the rounds on social media, inspired by poet Jennae Cecilia, about meeting your younger self for coffee. You can read about why I didn't meet...
Vision board: 2025
A fairly speedy post today - it's Imbolc, the pagan start of spring and my personal new year. I much prefer it to the depths of midwinter, and it means I get to plan all the way...
Collections: returning to dolls
You might have spotted some miniature scenes on my socials recently, and the photo of me chatting to Raven Queen on my sofa was an unexpected hit at the last Wivenhoe Art Trail,...
Barbies need brand shoots too • Doll photography
During lockdown I obviously had no actual brand shoots with clients, so I bought a couple of Barbies and proceeded to create my own on my dining room table. Much to the...
This is 38
I can't remember a time when I didn't take photos of myself - I've always been the most convenient model, and photography's been a huge part of rejecting what I'm supposed to...
Catching up with Raven Queen
It's been what feels like forever since I had a chance to work on something just for fun, but a recovery day after being horizontally sick for a couple of days proved the perfect...
The Wivenhoe Art Trail – May 2024
It’s been a whirlwind of a few weeks, but the 17-19th May marked the first Wivenhoe Art Trail of 2024, my second art trail, and the first time I’ve opened my new studio to the...
Making signs for my art business
For the art trail, the studio in general and the occasional events I do, I wanted to make some wooden, chalk and painted signs - fun and on brand, and an excuse to get my craft...
New studio signage
For open studios / the art trail and beyond! Although I moved into my new studio six months ago, I’d been waiting for the VOA to make a decision about merging the two units and...
Pop up shop magic
I got to play shop and have far too much fun - I had a two week pop up shop next door to Colcheco, on Layer Road in Colchester in 2023, and it was full of all the magical things...
That AI thing – thoughts and experiments
It's probably about time I weighed in on the AI thing, I guess - it's been everywhere for the last few weeks, and has come up in conversation with the most unlikely people. Which...
Press: Mermaiding, i news
Fabulous beach photo by the brilliant Sarah Wayte Creative. It was November and BLOODY FREEZING, but so worth it! It's been such an exciting week - over the weekend I was in i...