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Here I have written a short history of how the public fell in love with these mysterious birds and how John Gould’s beautiful books have been an inspiration to me. I have started to sketch and water colour designs for two large vessels using the King of Saxony bird of paradise and King bird of […]
Whilst staying in London I decided to visit the Sunny Art Centre who carry a small selection of my work I was very pleased to find they had used the image of my Scarlett Skimmer Dragonfly vessel to help advertise the gallery. Here are links to some of the online interviews and magazines I have […]
I decided to try for selected membership with the CPA again after being turned down in 2013. I felt my work had changed and developed sufficiently enough during this time and I had been working hard on both my decoration and form. After my last attempt I had asked Richard Phethean for feedback on why […]
I travelled to Kew gardens last year specifically to look at their orchid collection. It was a wonderful day and I came away with my mind full of ideas. I have many books on orchids from around the world but it’s very different looking at the flowers in the flesh. Some are so architectural while […]
I took part in both Art in Clay at Farnham Maltings in November 2016 and also at Hatfield in 2017. I enjoyed both of the shows very much and it was very exciting to be amongst so many talented makers. I was pleased to find Art in Clay had used my images to help advertise […]
These images show my making process on a large wall art piece. The most difficult part is the placing of the birds as I like to try to create a balance between the birds and flowers and the space around them so they don’t feel crowded. These birds of paradise have a lot of different […]