What conscious creativity looks like in practice
A few things made in the studio - by me, by my students, and by hands of all ages exploring what materials can become.
Children’s art wall
Little Makers gallery
Upcycled birthday crown
Made for my daughter's first birthday
Upcycling a t-shirt
A clip from a making session
Paper birds
Folk-pattern paper cuts on sticks
Appliqué birthday banner
Made from upcycled fabric
Little hands, big house
A young maker at the table
Hand-carved stamps
Deer and forest blocks for printing
Expressive portrait
Student work in progress on canvas
DIY birthday decor
Made with upcycled fabric
Painted signage
Upcycled with acrylic textures for my daughter's first birthday
Stag cushion covers
Block-printed on natural cotton
Young makers
Workshop morning in the garden
Hands at work
Process clip from the studio
Studio moment
A quick look around the table
Illustrated card series
Mixed-media postcard collection
Block-printed kaftan
Deer motif on flowing cotton
Acrylic studies
Form, colour & composition exercises
Christmas tote bag
Hand-stamped Christmas bag
Coconut shell owl
Made from kitchen offcuts
Handpainted scarf shoot setup
Hand-painted silks on the studio backdrop
Deer fabric swatch
Block-printed crimson stags on a sunny stripe
Newspaper draping
Pattern-making with upcycled paper
Fabric bunting from upcycled fabric
Made with upcycled fabric for my daughter's birthday
Felt animal mobile
Hand-stitched in the studio
Sea & sun sketch
Mixed media - pencil, ink and crayon
Painted shell
Tiny canvases from the shoreline
Studio clip
A short moment from the table
Yarn line drawings
String pinned to a studio wall
Big paint, small hands
Bold strokes on a fresh page
Hanging letter mobile
Patterned paper letters on a wire grid
Ink stem study
Watercolour and ink experiment
Denim & paper collage
Upcycled fabric meets torn paper
Sanam’s house
Watercolour by a young student
Field of marks
Exploring colour and pattern
Window-light studies
Student paintings on the sill