Blankney snowdrops snowdrops & places to go The cold comes up through your jeans, the smell of the leaf litter fills your nose — dark and sweet and ancient, faintly mushroomy but not unpleasant, the quiet proof that the ground has been working away beneath the frost all along. Old bark and decomposing leaves lie right there in front of the lens, all russet and amber, last year's colours. While just beyond them snowdrops stand clean and white and entirely new. Looking through

When visitors come to galleries, my home studio or artisan markets to see my work, many haven't heard of collagraph printmaking. But the moment I show them my tactile plates, something shifts. Curiosity sets in almost instantly — hands reach out, questions follow, and a conversation begins that sometimes ends with the same words: I had no idea you could do that.

A few weeks ago, I spent the afternoon processing more pigment from the red seam at Oxcombe, carefully selecting samples at each stage to create a display for the Visitor Centre, to show people the origins of the pigments in my work. It's fascinating to watch this ancient Jurassic material transform from raw clay to usable pigment, and I wanted to document a part of the journey these iron oxides take; from the Lincolnshire Wolds landscape into my work. Against the backdrop o

In the studio this January, I've been printing skeletal leaves—those delicate structures stripped back to their essential veins.

The Hunstanton Red Cliffs: A Geological Journey of Colour and Inspiration A Seafront Walk for Textile Work Inspiration Boxing Day 2025 offered me a chance to journey to Hunstanton's South Beach from my Lincolnshire home. As I strolled along the seafront towards the cliffs, I noticed several people clutching hot chocolates. One brave soul even enjoyed a giant ice cream despite the morning chill. No judgment here; I contemplated having one myself for quite a while! Eventually,

Early December 2025- collecting the wild clay On a crisp December morning, blue skies stretched above Oxcombe as the last traces of frost melted away. I'd come with permission from the landowner, armed with my trusty bulb trowel and a large jam jar—simple tools for gathering something special from this corner of the Lincolnshire Wolds. The landscape unfolds not quite dramatically but quietly here. Around me vast, gentle hills punctuated by both established trees and young sap

November in Lincolnshire: Beauty in Austerity November has arrived here in Lincolnshire in whispers of silver and ash, the world stripped back to its essential bones. Yet against this palette of grey mornings and frost-etched afternoons, nature offers its defiant punctuation: the vivid scarlet of rosehips clustered along bare stems, the deep crimson beads of hawthorn berries glowing like embers in our hedgerows. It's the season for remembering my Swedish mittens on walks, for

When Art Finds Its Welsh Home I was so honoured when Anna and Robin from Original Hideaways in Wales decided to include many pieces of my art within the design scheme for their retreat. Original Hideaways isn't just another holiday destination—it's a carefully considered sanctuary, a hideaway, a place where design, landscape, and intentional slowness come together. Anna and Robin have created something rare: spaces that feel both luxurious and deeply grounded, where every de

A Detour to Beverley: Eastgate Studio I haven't visited Beverley since I studied philosophy at Hull University—a lifetime ago. So when my work was selected by Susan Leeson for the "Eastgate Collection" exhibition at Beverley Studio, I was delighted. I already had commitments on opening night, but managed to make a detour on the way back from a visit up north. I'm so glad I did. Sunshine greeted us, and the Minster looked commanding, its honey stone glowing against the blue au

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