Back to blogger..

I have decided to return to Blogger, as well as maintaining my website Wordpress blog. But to separate them, keeping my blogger posts for work in progress and thoughts in time. Therefore, I will use this space to record my creative exploration, experiments and ideas, as they unfold. I have recently been motivated to explore wet enamel techniques, returning to more marking and drawing themes. Since my Arts Council of Wales Research and Development grant I have decided to allow myself time to rediscover mark making and drawing into enamel. I haven't used wet process enamel before, and the experience is totally different to powdered enamel. It is far more responsive to mark making and drawing than the powder and feels similar to painting and drawing. It has allowed me to become far more expressive and experimental with this medium and not too hung up on the end result. My recent work has explored mark making in response to an abstracted landscape, looking in particular at the horizon lines, the abstracted pattern and composition of the landscape, silhouette and textural depth. I have admired the beautiful markings on pebbles. I love the quality of lines, the subtlety and variation of tension and thickness. I suppose its similar to my interest in the quality of line and tension in hand writing but instead on a hard, solid object. Like a lot of people, I have always collected pebbles on visits to the beach. A little reminder of a day and place, that can be taken home with you and put in the garden. Here are a few images so far.

Chapter Art Car Bootique...14th April

Looking forward to taking pitch at Chapters most famous Car Bootique, can't believe a year has passed so quickly. I'll be there with Cardiff Arts Collective, lookout for the camper van again!

Lovely shop just around the corner from me.. Betti Biggs.

So pleased that Betti Biggs has enjoyed a fun and exciting first year since opening. Love this shop…It's filled with interesting gifts and beautiful homeware...not to mention my mixed media enamel bird and stitch work hanging from the wall!!

'Still life and Interior exhibition' on at Victoria Fearn Gallery, Rhiwbina.

I have a collection of enamel jewellery and new stitched mixed media work showing at this show on now, till 4th May.

I have a feature in Making Jewellery Magazine this April. Take a look!

Really excited to see my work featured in next months 'Making Jewellery magazine'.

'Dear Doris' independent gift shop in Penarth

New enamel work and prints are on sale at 'Dear Doris' a fantastic independent gift shop in Penarth.

I'm exhibiting at The Contemporary Craft Festival-Bovey Tracey

Really excited about exhibiting at this years Craft Festival, Bovey Tracey. It will be my first time showing at this fair, which is celebrating it's 10th year of running in June 7-9th June 2013. I'll be exhibiting my work as part of the 'One Year On' new makers. With time flying by, and Spring around the corner I know it will creep up on me. Best start planning fast!