I've got slightly behind with sharing my Art Cards. Not because I stopped making them, but because I've been feeling pretty rubbish for the last week or so. Run down, headachey, achy and generally without much spare capacity. The cards were still happening quietly in the background, but writing about them and putting them out … Continue reading Two Art Cards, a Scrapbook and Coming Back to Myself
In Between Intention: I allow myself to be in between — unsettled, uncertain and unfinished. I trust that this, too, is part of the process. There has been a shift in the weather this week. Summer is still here, but there is already something of autumn in the air. I’ve felt a similar shift in … Continue reading Full Moon Card – 27th-28th August
Sometimes a project is simply about making something because you can’t stop thinking about it. After spending the day at a wonderful Mister Finch workshop, I came home with frogs still hopping around in my imagination. Rather than packing for my trip to France, I found myself reaching for a piece of emerald velvet and … Continue reading A Velvet Frog for France
There is something about this particular point in the year that always feels fragile. We are not fully in spring.It could still snow.There could still be icy mornings and hard ground. And yet… The light is different. This weekend we did something we have both been putting off for months — we cleared and sorted … Continue reading Full Moon Art Card – When Winter Begins to Break
– a creative practice for marking the year as it unfolds For years, I’ve tried to keep a bullet journal. I loved the idea of it — the neat calendars, the trackers, the promise of reflection — but in reality, I mostly just made the pages. I didn’t return to them, didn’t use them in … Continue reading Art Cards for the Turning Year
This evening I pulled together a very last-minute craft stall for our school fair using all sorts of random leftover stock I had tucked away. It wasn’t polished or planned – just gathered, displayed, and shared – and it ended up being such a lovely experience. It’s the first time I’ve done a craft stall … Continue reading A Little Festive Fair Moment
A Family Day Trip. Somerset House: The Spell or The Dream Our first stop was Somerset House, home to The Spell or The Dream, a striking installation by Turner Prize-winning artist Tai Shani. The centerpiece is a 10 × 3 m luminous blue sculpture—a hand-painted, gently breathing figure suspended in a glass box, poised between … Continue reading A Day in London: Art, Nostalgia & Inspiration
