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I’ve been working flat out for several months and now find myself completely enclosed in a Medieval fantasy. It’s weird how the more you work on a theme the more mad and obsessed you become. However I have nearly finished the exhibits for this exhibition “Traces Revealed“. I’ll be exhibiting with two Somerset artists, Alicia…
Welcome to new followers and thank you for all your lovely comments about my Pool of Dreams bird bath. I must admit I was a bit overwhelmed but feel privileged to have been featured on Discover . I have made another bird pool. This one is a lot smaller and constructed by using my other…
Listening to the radio today it came to my attention that it is Ella Fitzgerald’s centenary ! In a couple of weeks on 25 April she would have been 100 years old if she was still alive! Known as the Queen of Jazz, her version of Gershwin’s song “Summertime” has to be one of my favourite…
In the valley below the hill where I live there is a small village with a leat running along the edge of the fields and opposite a row of old and pretty cottages. There are often ducks on the leat and once I saw a very raggedy looking heron trying to catch a fish, but…
For the last two weeks and for the following two weeks I have several pieces of my work in a new pop up shop in Angel, Islington, London. Makers & Friends is at 126 Upper Street, selling hand made jewellery, prints, cushions, soaps and herbal concoctions. I haven’t visited yet but I hear the shop…
I have been revisiting an idea I had in 2011 where I made three pieces of work for an exhibition called “Flocks” at the Craft Centre in Dartington, Devon. You can see the 2011 works here You can also read about my experiments using photoshop to get an idea of grout colour and how it…
For the last few weeks I have been making starlings for a sculpture trail on Shapwick Heath nature reserve along the Avalon Marshes in Somerset. As you know I have become completely obsessed with these amazing birds even after they have left the area! I wanted to make my own flock so that would always…
I was asked by my sponsors of my Zillion lion (Zenith International) made in 2010, if I would decorate an egg for the Bath Egg Hunt. It is to celebrate The Egg Theatre’s 10th Anniversary. This isn’t paid work but it is small (about 12 inches high) and gives me a chance to experiment and…
I have been thinking about transferring mosaic designs onto fabric for years, longer than the big fashion companies such as Dolce & Gabbana! The trouble is they beat me to it! But seriously I know I will never get as big or famous as they are, (who would want to be that rich and famous??)…
I have been working on some new pieces of art that incorporate my drawings and photos, set in box frames and featuring mosaics of birds, bees and fish as well as eyes and suns. I like the association of the box frame with memories and treasured items. Most of the pieces I have made are…
I have been playing with my jigsaw again and made four new pieces of work for “Six” – an exhibition showcasing six local makers – at the Hawthorn Gallery, Blandford Forum, Dorset. The exhibition began on 14th January and runs until 22nd March 2014. The series is called “The Three Trees” and illustrates the four…
The design for this mosaic was a culmination of ideas and past work. I was still working out how I was going to put it all together when one day last week the sky gave me the final piece of the puzzle and the motivation to start. This was how the sky looked that day:…