This month’s art card began with a sprig of honesty from my garden. I thought I had lost the honesty altogether. It seemed to have disappeared, eaten by snails and generally defeated by the garden. But this year it quietly returned — first with its beautiful purple flowers and now with those extraordinary papery seed … Continue reading New Moon Art Card: Steady Momentum
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
As June's Full Moon rises, I've been reflecting on abundance. When I first sat down to create this month's art card, I imagined drawing a moon overflowing with flowers and intricate illustration. I wanted to create something that felt rich and full. Then I looked down. Scattered across my studio floor were pieces of beautifully … Continue reading Full Moon | Gratitude
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
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
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