Peacock on a Hilltop
‘Peacock on a Hilltop’ is a small silk painting embroidered by machine using free machine embroidery and by hand […]
Mosaic Hearth Project
This mosaic hearth project was designed to be both decorative and practical. In one corner of the hearth, there were
Community Art at Yardley Wood 100ft Mosaic
The 100ft Mosaic Project. In July of 2016, I was assistant artist to Caroline Jariwala of Mango Mosaics. We worked
Mosaic Pots at RHS Spring Festival
I completed a commission to decorate some mosaic pots for the Festival Theatre at the Royal Horticultural Society Spring Festival
Little Kingfisher
This little kingfisher started out as a very vague silk painting. I used acrylic inks to create a mottled background
Early Influences
My mother was the first person to really help and inspire me with embroidery. She was the one who made
Beautiful Bee-eater
I’ve tried to recapture the sense of decoration and opulence I experience while visiting the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. There
Humble Sparrow
I love sparrows, the sound of them chirping in garrulous clouds in bushes and thickets and under house eves. I
Pretty Peacock
Shimmer shimmer shimmer. It’s taking forever to “sequinize” this peacock embroidery.
RBSA Friends Autumn Exhibition 2013
I’ve submitted three pieces of textile work to the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Friends’ Autumn exhibition – Brown Grasses,
Yellow Spike
I’m still obsessed with grasses and tall flower spikes. I don’t think it’s going to go away any time soon.
World Embroidery Day 30th July 2013
I only found out about “World Embroidery Day” from the Mahila Community on facebook a few days ago – it
Entanglement
Stitches are like plants: they grow organically if you let them, springing forth from the fertile ground of furrowed fabric.
Sunlit July
The weather has been so warm and sunny recently (hip hip hooray!) that I’ve been feeling the need to use
Taking a Larger View
In recent days, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking (not always a good thing!) but this time it’s been
Open Exhibition at the MAC
Today I submitted my offering to the Open Exhibition at the Midlands Art Centre in Birmingham (MAC). The submission process
Bokhara Couching Tutorial – WOW
My first ever published embroidery tutorial has come out in the summer edition of Workshop on the Web! I’ve chosen
Lush – The Life of a Peacock
Here’s an update of my peacock embroidery. It is proving one of those embroideries that never seems to be quite
On the Edge of a Feather
[wpg] I’ve been planning a large peacock embroidery involving the whole peacock not just the imagery of tail feathers. I
Wild About Poppies
I feel like I’ve come to the end of this particular poppy piece; “Large Poppies” and it is now ready
Passion for Poppies
My love of poppies was rekindled yet again (!) by the late appearance of clumps of sumptuous oriental ones in