I’m always determined to get the most use out of flowers even if they seem past it, so this morning I was utilising the severely wilted hydrangeas I bought last week, which I’d hoped would last much longer to put together some images for...
At the beginning of 2015 I had to have some sort of plan as to what I would put together for my Open House exhibition. Every year, as well as my own artwork on show, I invite guest artists to show their work in my house...
Over the last month or so I’ve been lucky enough to have some really lovely pieces in a couple of magazines as well as being responsible for and editing the Fiveways Artists magazine for the Artists Group I am involved with here in Brighton...
As part of the Brighton Open Houses in May which take place during the time of Brighton Festival I always create a shed installation with a different theme each year. This year’s theme is ‘Nesting’ and I have collaborated with West Elm to form part...
I decided that I’d like to run small workshops from my home, as my home is my creative hub, and at home I have my colours, props, garden, kitchen...
I’ve been out and about on the bike a lot recently and when the garden is in the process of slowly recovering and adapting to the cold, it’s good for me to get into the country to be inspired both for now and the months...
Receiving a package from Italy in the form of Pastiglie Leone is so exciting to say the least! Pastiglie Leone have generously provided some gorgeous little boxes of sweets for the Valentine workshop which I’m running at West Elm in London in a couple of weeks (...
My shed is my studio, but it also a sort of grown-up playroom, especially when I’m giving it a sort out, which is often when I’m also trying to give my head a sort out! The day has been very grey and wet again which...
It may seem like I’m forever pulling flowers apart and carelessly chucking bits and bobs around the table, but I’m actually a complete re-user if there is anything to be saved or salvaged for another arrangement...