For the past few months I have been working on a new collection of wearable textile art called Curious Adornments. Inspired by folklore, nature, wild gardens and the creatures that capture my imagination, this first collection features a gathering of owls, hares and bees. Each piece has been created by hand in my Leicestershire garden … Continue reading Curious Adornments: A Collection of Textile Statement Necklaces
Full Moon — 30th May This month’s full moon card became a cinnabar moth. Unlike most of the other cards in this series, this one turned itself sideways into a landscape format rather than portrait. At first I thought I’d somehow got it wrong, but the more I sat with it, the more I loved … Continue reading The Landscape Moth
World Bee Day — 20 May For this year’s World Bee Day card, I wanted to think about the power of small actions. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by environmental issues and feel as though individual choices don’t matter. But I keep returning to the idea that ordinary people, making ordinary choices consistently, can collectively … Continue reading The Power of Ordinary Choices
Today’s card came unexpectedly. I had planned to make something for St George’s Day, but when I sat down to work, it shifted. The Green Man stayed, but the red cross didn’t sit quietly behind him—it bled. There’s an irony here. St George himself wasn’t British, and like much of what we call tradition, the … Continue reading St George’s Day
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
There’s something about this point in February that feels different. It’s still winter. It’s still damp, and the threat of frost hasn’t quite gone. But the edge has shifted. The light is lingering a little longer. There are signs of movement beneath the surface. I can feel that in myself too. For this New Moon … Continue reading New Moon — Turning Gently
– 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
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