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Various bits of etched metal that will become pendants, hopefully tomorrow!

I seem to have fallen off Instagram recently. Elderly parent issues make posting seem irrelevant and trivial. Still, I want to go to the studio and Read more

This is an old monoprint of mine that I have on the wall in my studio. I like to see how things look together, this copper Read more

I saw some of these little Holly Blues the other day in our work car park. I took the time to watch them as I love Read more

It’s been a week where I’m making several of these little birdy clocks. I etch and then cut out each part, then join everything together. It’s Read more

The buddleia has been crowded with these Painted Lady butterflies despite all the rain. As a migrant species each individual has recently crossed the sea to Read more

Oh, here comes rain! Lovely, I want to get wet! #beautifulweather #rain #the scentoftheearth #too #northumberland #quiet #sleepatlast

Well… I have been making mostly clocks for the past few days, including this lovely cat. It involves using a big torch flame in an airless Read more

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It’s ridiculously hot in my studio above the cafe kitchen, I have an electric fan running that sounds like an old tractor , and my only Read more

This is a silver studded blue butterfly, one of the ones we saw at the Great Orme last week. These are apparently a smaller subspecies that Read more

I am having a break in North Wales. This is the view from the Great Orme where we watched thousands of silver studded blue butterflies. I’ll Read more