Friday, more flotsam experiments …
Friday, a week into having an independant studio to work in. Being alone is turning out to be pretty damn inspiring. I’ve had a chance to...
Nov 20, 20101 min read
Wednesday, finishing work and opening Centrepiece 2010
Wednesday was an extraordinarily productive day. Not only did I get to work on some new ideas that have been kicking around my head for a...
Nov 19, 20101 min read
Follow Friday – Harvest Festival
I had a stand at the Malvern Autumn Show last weekend and, while I was up in the Arts and Crafts hall, I did get a chance to have a quick...
Oct 1, 20101 min read
Giveaway – tickets for the Farnham Festival of Crafts
I have a couple of pairs of tickets for the event (worth £6) to giveaway as a little incentive for you all to make the trip down to...
Sep 30, 20101 min read
The Worcestershire Guild’s Autumn Show
I spent the weekend doing my first selling fair with the Worcestershire Guild of Designer Craftsman at the Malvern Autumn Show. I joined...
Sep 27, 20102 min read
Malvern Autumn Show 2010 – set up
I spent the day on the road today, going down to Malvern to set up for a weekend show. Malvern is a gorgeous little historical town but...
Sep 24, 20101 min read
Follow Friday : The Night Sky
I woke up yesterday morning at 4.30am. There was no particular reason for this, I guess that sometimes your brain can just decide ‘yep,...
Sep 17, 20101 min read
Wirksworth Festival 2010
Wirksworth, in Derbyshire, is a strange little town. On one hand it’s very much a traditional 18th-19th century village with a slightly...
Sep 13, 20102 min read
Vera and the Black Scum : Adventures in barrel polishing
Now I must apologise in advance but I fear that this is going to become a rather technical post. You see, while I did spend a good three...
Sep 8, 20102 min read
Follow Friday: Lets go Fly A Kite!
Mr Williams flying the kite In a suprising spell of August sunshine last week Mr Williams and I dusted off our kite and took it out to...
Sep 3, 20101 min read
Making Bunting … Part One
Big day today.I went to Worcester to visit one of my favourite fabric shops, The Cotton Reel, on Broad Street. I was on a bit of a...
Sep 2, 20101 min read
Edinburgh Retrospective and a look at the West End Craft Fair
As the Edinburgh Festival draws to a close, the performers pack up and the theatres go back to running one show a day (not ten) it almost...
Aug 31, 20102 min read
Parcelling up work for Galanthus
Phew, it’s been a busy few days in the studio … it’s strange to think that I’ve been back from Scotland for a week and I’m already back...
Aug 28, 20101 min read
Snowflakes! Snowflakes in August!
Snowflake master patterns The saga of the snowflake continues. I designed these lying in the garden last July with the intention of...
Aug 24, 20101 min read
Festival of Crafts at Farnham
I got a very exciting pile of post when I came back from Edinburgh on Thursday. It’s kind of like Christmas when you let your mail build...
Aug 23, 20101 min read
Beside the Scottish seaside …
It’s odd to think that a week ago I was in Scotland … now I’m back in England and it’s muggy, rainy and generally not looking like summer...
Aug 22, 20102 min read
Dazzling Jewellery in and around the Edinburgh Festival
One of the less theatrical treats of the Edinburgh Fesitval is a trip to Dazzle. The Dazzle selling exhibitions are a bit of an...
Aug 20, 20102 min read
The beachcombing silversmith …
Well, everyone has to get their materials from somewhere. It just so happens that my latest range [flotsam] means that I have to scour...
Apr 10, 20101 min read
Making Spoons …
I’m developing something of a spoon addiction, at the moment it’s manifesting itself in a new set of spoons in the style of my current...
Mar 17, 20101 min read
Building the New Studio – Part One
I started clearing the space today, fought off some seriously scary spiders, one tenacious slug and rather a lot of dust bunnies to claim...
Aug 12, 20091 min read
