Sneak Peek

Here is a sneak peek of some new work I have produced for the Craft Fair in November, these are a range of cards.

Proud Songsters - Thomas Hardy

The thrushes sing as the sun is going,

And the finches whistle in ones and pairs,

And as it gets dark loud nightingales

In bushes

Pipe, as they can when April wears,

As if all Time were theirs.



These are brand new birds of twelvemonths' growing,

Which a year ago, or less than twain,

No finches were, nor nightingales,

Nor thrushes,

But only particles of grain,

And earth, and air, and rain.

Nokia animation

This is utterly amazing they won a Guinness World Record for the smallest stop frame animation figure she's only 9mm tall! It reminds me of Thumbelina and is absolutely beautiful all we need now is a walnut shell to sleep in.

Paul Nash

Simply beautiful, and on display as a new acquisition to the Brighton Museum in the Pavilion Gardens

Familiar Visions

I went to see an incredible exhibition at the Towner Gallery in Eastbourne the other day. I had never been there or bothered to stop in Eastbourne before so it was an adventure on both counts. The exhibition called Familiar Visions is a combination of Eric Ravilious' watercolour images of the Sussex countryside in juxtopisition with his son James Ravilious' photographs of Rural Devon from the early 70s. Erics' obsession with the constant analasyis of human integration in the landscape is exemplified most within his watercolours in the exhibition. In contrast to this James' photography offers an intimate exploration of farmers' lives in rural Devon. Whilst Erics' watercolours are devoid of any humans their impact on the environment within the image is certainly apparent. James' photographs were mostly portraits of working farmers and whilst not of particular interest to me the comparisons between the two were obvious. It was incredible also to see the development of Eric's signature watercolour technique and to see how much he achieved in such a short time, dieing at only 39 whilst his son died at only 66. They both achieved such a lot in such a short amount of time and we should remember how much can be achieved, if the heart desires it enough.

Inspire

I wanted to share some things that I have found really inspiring in the past few days.

Firstly the beautiful work of Dalton Ghetti, it is incredible how something so small and fragile can be made into something so beautiful. Working in Conneticut he uses nothing more than a scalpel and a needle to create this intricate works, how I would love to own one.

I adore this spoon, it reminds me of Mutti who has a huge collection of spoons, none quite as small as this though.

Spring Has Sprung!!

Spring has finally Sprung!! It's so exciting to see the new crocuses coming out everywhere. I've just moved into a new flat and there are crocuses and anemones peeking up through random corners of the garden. It makes me very excited and optimistic. I am using this beautiful sunny day to update my website and relish in the delight that these daffodils have brought me.