Pop up shop magic

Pop up shop magic

I am playing shop and having far too much fun – I’m next door to Colcheco, on Layer Road in Colchester, until 6th August, and it is full of all the magical things I create. Proper shop diary coming once I’ve popped down and restocked, but here are a...
Spring experiments

Spring experiments

Just hopping in to record some in progress experiments I’ve been doing as the winter finally gives way to spring. There’s still a chill in the air, but in the last few days I can go out barefoot without risking frostbite, and I can tolerate not having a...
Artist Date: a day of play

Artist Date: a day of play

For almost two years now, once a month Juliet Lockhart and I hold space for each other to do something we otherwise put off indefinitely. Usually art related! Those days have been filled with everything from exhibition prep to tidying the studio, website updates to...
Feathery frenzy!

Feathery frenzy!

I’ve always been a treasure hunter – or a scavenger, depending on how you view it! From being very small I would pick up pebbles, feathers, leaves, acorns, sea glass, shells – all sorts of treasures from nature, and I’d proudly display them in...
Creating order from chaos

Creating order from chaos

And just like that, it’s February – another month passed, and another birthday under my belt! Cake, Nosecco & pebble painting – I know how to rock and roll! I always think of birthdays as being another chance for reflecting and goal setting,...