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  • Falling in love with paper & leather marbling

    Falling in love with paper & leather marbling

    A few weeks ago, I attended a workshop at Marmor Paperie in London, after daydreaming about these workshops for a few years.

    The intermediate-level workshop was just as brilliant as I’d hoped, and I really feel that the tricks and techniques I learned from Lucy were just the insight I needed to boost my marbling process.

    Since then, I’ve had a good few marbling sessions, using mostly paper, but also leather and fabric. The length of my sessions was limited by the size of my drying rack, which can only hold so many papers at once, rather than by my energy!

    I had originally taught myself paint marbling in 2021, in the depths of the house-bound era that was the pandemic. I got some pretty good results, but they were mild, gentle colours. With a better understanding of paint preparation, I’m now achieving colours that really pop.

    I’ll be using the paper to make cards, art and perhaps a bit of book binding. The leather will most likely become handy little pouches for crafting supplies or sunglasses cases, if I can bring myself to cut into it!

    If the stars align, I’d also like to share the joy of marbling by running some workshops in the future. There, I put it out into the world now. That’s called manifesting, right?

    Interested in a workshop? Drop me a line and I’ll let you know once the workshops start taking shape 🙂

  • Unsteady

    Unsteady

    “Unsteady”, #002, 26cm x 26cm, acrylic and ink on wood canvas – For Sale, £120

  • Daft Monsters: Charity fundraiser for Mind mental health charity

    Daft Monsters: Charity fundraiser for Mind mental health charity

    “Daft monsters”, #007, Acrylic and Posca on linen canvas, 10x10cm each. “uh oh” and “a little silly” are available for sale, £16 each
    All profits will go to the Mind mental health charity

  • Movements

    Movements

    “Movements”, #006, Acrylic paint on canvas board, 15 x 15cm each
    Available for sale as a pair for £50 or individually for £30

  • Perception

    Perception

    “Perception”, #004, 20cm x 15cm, 2cm deep, Acrylic paint, gold leaf 
    and laser engraved mirror acrylic on wooden cradle – For sale, £65

  • First Frost

    First Frost

    #006 First frost, 80 x 80cm, Acrylic on canvas, for sale

  • Pantone Postcards Challenge

    Pantone Postcards Challenge

    Pantone Postcards challenge – 100 postcards painted or doodled in interesting ways (made in 2023)

  • Art Portfolio? What is this nonsense?!

    Yes yes, I’m still alive! *waves*

    Over the past year or two, I’ve been painting and drawing more than ever. I’ve been documenting this work regularly on Instagram.

    Howeeeeever, I’m not entirely comfortable with letting social networks hold all of this beautiful creative history. So I’ve started dusting off the cobwebs from my trusty ol’ blog, with the intention of posting finished pieces here in the Art Portfolio category. (Apologies in advance to anyone signed up via RSS, there are a few more posts to come!)

    I likely won’t add every single work-in-progress – or maybe I will – but I’ll build up a portfolio of finished pieces for easy reference. And because maybe someday, someone will want to buy one!

    Some paintings are meaningful, dark or deep, but others are straight up goofy like these lovely little guys above.

    Sometimes I put paintings on the wall, and other times, I put them in tiny little envelopes and leave them in bus stations, red phone box village libraries or anywhere else they might be found by a stranger.

    I don’t know how often I’ll post; I hope this becomes second nature again, but who knows.

    In any case, if you pass by, do say hi. It’s been a while.

    Promise I’ll bring tea and biscuits next time. 💖

  • Nocturnal

    Nocturnal

    “Nocturnal”, #003, 80 x 80cm, Acrylic, ink, pencil and gold leaf on canvas, Personal collection

  • Absolute and Absolem

    Absolute and Absolem

    “Absolute and Absolem”, #005, Acrylic paint on canvas board, 40x30cm
    Available for sale as a pair for or individually