The highlight of today was most definitely the lemon slices John made for our workshop, from a recipe from this book . But besides that I h...

Every cloud has a silver lining, so the saying goes. Today certainly didn't turn out to plan, but I have to concede it wasn't all ba...

January is always a busy month for me, with lots of assessment to do at college, but I always try to do something creative if I can find the...

  Before I went away to Lithuania I taught my last studio workshop of 2013; Paper Textiles . We made a glorious mess during the...

Making bundles in the rain yesterday Collecting late summer colour Wet but happy

Some more images from my indigo dyeing with Clarabella . ...  if you are also in love with blue take a look at the breath t...

I had the great pleasure to join my friend and natural dye expert,  Clarabella  for her indigo dye workshop today. It was fun ...

Last week I was in London with my graduates for New Designers , at the Business Design Centre, the annual exhibition of graduate design ...

A busy day in the studio with some lovely visitors who came to play with paper, colour and wax for my Paper Textiles workshop. Thanks to Cat...

Precious time, slipping through my fingers a few moments stolen to mark the time cloth, paper, leaves

Actually these are ecoprints on silk, but they have developed a wonderfully watery quality. It also reminds me of some of Turner's late...

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