News From The Studio

My Memory Box Workshops in the Bushwood Times

I'm absolutely thrilled to have my work and Memory Box Workshops featured in the Spring edition of The Bushwood Times, the newspaper published by the Bushwood Local Residents’ Association. The arti...

A Small Wedding Memory Box Case Study

Finn and Phoebe’s small but perfectly formed bespoke Wedding Memory Box beautifully captures the essence of their special day, preserving the keepsakes they cherished from their intimate Cotswolds ...

New Collection – The Pips ♠️♥️♣️♦️ – 2025

Bold, graphic, and steeped in history, The Pips is a series of four assemblage artworks inspired by the iconic suits of playing cards—spades, hearts, clubs, and diamonds. These familiar symbols, kn...

What Are Pips? The Fascinating Story Behind Playing Card Symbols

My first collection of 2025 is a series of assemblage artworks featuring four symbols we all recognise – the suits from a deck of playing cards. These, along with markings on dice and dominoes, ar...

Introducing… The Pockets Collection, 2024

The Pockets Collection is a series of eight small assemblage artworks featuring beautifully curated collections of items inspired by those you might find in certain people’s pockets. From a Lady De...

How to curate your collection ready for a commission or workshop

When it comes to the art of collecting, the first thing to learn is how to curate your items to create a bespoke artwork or for a Memory Box commission or workshop. “You must have such a collection...

Where I buy vintage items: Robert’s Rummage, Hastings

In this series, I’m opening my little black book and sharing my favourite places to buy antique and vintage goods around the UK. First up, I shine the spotlight on the Aladdin’s cave that is Robert...

Yep, that's my art in Country Living Magazine

(Originally Published February 2024) The headline on the January 2024 edition of Country Living’s magazine is ‘It’s time to party!’ and I was certainly feeling in the party spirit as, drum roll pl...

I'm happily back in the studio (and in the sunshine)

(Originally posted late February 2024) This blog post covers everything I've been up to over the last couple of months, from freelance work, which has kept me busy, to all the antiques markets I'v...