I can tell when I’ve lost my grip on life when I look in the fridge and find it full of things that are no longer fit to eat. You know the kind of thing – lots of helpful plastic pots with leftovers in, well intentioned but now growing an interesting variety of mould. (Why continue reading »
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 »
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 »
I was at the County Show in the rain last week. Not through choice; I wandered round the show with the same bemused look on my face that a farmer might have if he stumbled into a boat show. There were children on ponies, large bulls being led round a field accompanied by men with continue reading »
If you’re not into watercolours I recommend a click of the mouse now before your eyes glaze over. For those who find sketching outdoors strangely exciting and challenging, here’s another of my colour mixing rants. It was the last day of term today for my art classes, and it’s become a tradition to escape the classroom and spend continue reading »