small books

putting together small books, ready for the Studio Trail next month

new drawings

Printing up some of the bird drawings from my sketchbooks – getting ready for the Studio Trail in a couple of months

activity!

at long last ... a post.

I’m going to be joining in with Whiteknights Studio Trail again this year. The dates are Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 June. I’ll be showing work at The Barn – details nearer the time. And I have decided to focus on work in sketchbooks, since that’s the core of what I do. Here’s an example.

make Reading 2015

a very long absence, but just to say that a few pieces of my work will be included in make Reading at Jacksons in a couple of weeks. I won’t be around as I’m away travelling, but here are the details:

trying to explain

I'm trying to make an A5 sheet to go with what I'm showing at MakeReading – and finding it very hard to put into words. Basically things seems to be sparked off by finds in junk shops, on the beach, in the garden, in old books – and one thing leads to another. I've had to put it together with pictures instead of words.

make Reading

been a long time. but there are new plans in the pipeline:

{ all done }

some photos from the Studio Trail this weekend. and thank you to all who came to visit. our collaborations both went well. here's the wall with our 202 matchboxes:

and Emma did fantastic flower arrangements with these flowers from the allotment:

here are some of the other things on show:

[photographs of my drawings didn't come out well at all though!]

it’s all packed away now, but some of these might make a reappearance in the winter.