My studio table is a map of what’s going on in my head. Sometimes it’s tidy; mostly it isn’t. At the moment it’s full of half finished projects. There’s jewellery making stuff still laid out (lots of ideas, must get down to it when I get a free day). There’s a possible design for a continue reading »
I learn more from teaching than my students do; there’s nothing to focus the mind quite like having to explain something clearly, to show how to do it and analyse why it’s going wrong for someone else. Drawing, I tell them, is just thinking with a pencil. Don’t blame your hand for your mistakes, blame continue reading »
Starting a project in the morning and finishing it in the afternoon doesn’t happen often; life is usually much messier than that, especially when working on a book. But it’s a new year with a new list of projects, one of which is a mouse mat design. I did a similar design last year with continue reading »
You have probably heard this analogy already, but I came across it again recently and it’s a good reminder for when life seems to get in the way of life. Take a large glass jar and fill it full of pebbles. Is it full? Yes of course. Now take a handful of gravel and put continue reading »
My favourite Blackadder episode is the one where Samuel Johnson tries to get royal patronage for the first English Dictionary. When told that the book has taken Dr Johnson ten years Prince George replies, “Yes, well, I’m a slow reader myself.” Those of you familiar with the rest of the episode will understand why in continue reading »