This is Derek. Derek came to join my studio & household some years ago, when I fell in love with his funny dragony face on my birthday at the...
miniatures
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...
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...
Real life us and Barbie us – my life is weird but fun
Having made the mini versions of me and of Lu obviously I had to get all four of us together... what is my life, honestly, but I enjoy the...
Custom Barbie dolls – making mini us part 2
Took me forever but I eventually found a donor body with hair I thought I could make look more like Lu's which matched the existing curvy body - so...
Custom Barbie dolls – making mini us part 1
Not long after discovering properly articulated and curvier dolls existed, I decided I wanted to make a mini version of me so I could photograph...
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!),...
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...
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...
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,...
She weaves stories into photographs which could have walked off the pages of a book, and which invite you to find your own stories within them.
Living and working on the north Essex coastline (which suits her mermaid heart), her work pulls together memory, imagination and wonder.