Like all of us out there, I’m doing my best to stay home and stay safe – but whenever I do go for a walk with my dog as part of our daily exercise, our favourite thing to do is rainbow spotting! Rainbows are popping up everywhere, and thanks to the Facebook group (Chase The Rainbow) and Twitter hashtag (#chasetherainbow), […]
Why We Should all Chase the Rainbow!
New Work: Stolen Freedom
Title: Stolen Freedom Medium Used: Porcelain, transparent glaze, platinum Size : Height 32cm, Width 15cm, Depth 18cm I have a memory pushed to the back of my mind of walking through the dry streets of Delhi and on my left coming out of a side lane was a man dressed in a long cotton suit, in his hand was a chain and next […]
Top 5 tools I couldn’t live without!
When embarking on any new hobby, it can be pretty overwhelming to see all the tools available on the market and it is possible to waste an awful lot of money when you are just starting out. I think I may own every single sculpting tool ever invented; wooden ones,stainless steel ones,plastic ones,rubber ones,large ones,small ones,hooped one,sharp ones,blunt ones,round ones, …last month […]
New Work: Hope for the Sumatran Elephant
I thought I’d share the inspiration behind my new work ‘ Hope for the Sumatran Elephant,’ hand sculpted from porcelain, decorated with a transparent glaze. This elephant was sculpted from porcelain and handcrafted over paper. The sculpture was left to dry over 2 weeks and after the bisque I applied a transparent glaze over the piece which brought out the […]
Nurturing Creativity
Pablo Picasso once said… ‘We are all born an artist, the problem is how to remain one as we grow up…”. Pushing aside my reservations for showing enthusiasm for Picasso in this one area, he certainly gets me thinking; where does our creativity go?If you ask a 5 year-old to draw you a picture, they will, unsurprisingly, come up with […]
The last Grandfather Frosts of the Season…
Here are the last Grandfathers Frosts of the season, before I say goodbye for another year. I’m not going to lie, it was a relief to tidy the table in the front room and put my paints away ready for something different! This Grandfather frost was a gift for my mother, it is decorated with koi and is giving the […]
Project in review : A Gift for Grandfather Frost
So, I have made the very last of my Grandfather Frosts and the season has drawn to the end as the New Year has begun with the reminder that spring is on it’s way. I have had a lot of ideas for next year’s Santa’s and I feel I have plenty of ideas to develop to make next year’s project […]
Fundraiser! In support of The Pug Queen Foundation
Fundraiser – Enter for just £5 All of my inspiration comes from our animal friends and some of the wonderful, selfless people who put their own lives on hold to be a voice to the animals who do not have one. One of the people is Izabella St James who runs the Pug Queen Foundation to help pugs in need all around the world. […]
My Christmas Collection 2019
What was the inspiration behind my 2019 Santa Clauses? Walking through the streets of Budapest at every handmade shop window stands small carvings of Ded Moroz, the symbol of Russias Winter. Nests of matryoshka dolls adorn the shelves and the idea of using my sculpture as a canvas for a painting came to me. The direct translation for Ded Moroz […]