Journal

Being Scientists, Explorers and Artists

February 14, 2025

It’s January in Northern England. Wintertime in a British primary school and nobody wants to go outside... except those children. The ones that don't notice it's 4 degrees and look confused when you as...

Published work in the York Literary Review

May 12, 2024

My first time being a published author! A piece I wrote about my time in Slovakia, that was based on my journal post, was chosen to be part of the York Literary Review and printed. The theme for the Re...

The journey of how I created a quirky puffin for a public sculpture trail

May 22, 2023

Feb 28th 2022 Draw design & enter Chosen Sponsored by Hammond of Hull Pick up the puffin Paint the puffin Varnish & Take back Visit on the trail Auction Visit in Bridlington You can see so...

A traditional crafts placement

April 14, 2022

Lišov (pronounced lee-show) is a small village in Slovakia. This is where I spent five weeks from August till September in 2020, on a group Traditional Crafts placement provided and funded by Grampus H...

A new step in my weaving journey

February 3, 2022

I have a new loom! She's an 8 shaft, 10 treadle Countermarch Toika floor loom, second hand, still with some notes left on it in Swedish from one of the previous owners. Her name is Sonja, inspired by ...

How I made my woven book, telling five symbiosis stories

May 30, 2021

Did you know that there are small hermit crabs, that take sea anemones with them on their shells, everywhere they go? The crabs do this to protect themselves from predators, but the otherwise immobile...

A nature-inspired wellbeing project in Ancoats, Manchester

May 20, 2021

During the summer of 2020, through a collaborative online Creativity & Wellbeing project at university I developed my own individual project inspired by nature. I wanted to label the plants and flower...

Weaving a merino wool blanket in bright spring colours

April 16, 2021

A fine merino wool handwoven blanket. Created by stitching five woven panels together by hand, drawing on the concept of 'hands on, minds off', slow textiles and mindfulness. Inspired by the word and f...

Weaving designed for bare feet

February 10, 2021

The Tactile Pocket Rug is made with soft brushed cotton, woven pockets are stuffed with silk noil tops (a material similar to cotton-wool balls, but made with the left over material from silk productio...

Weaving blanket samples

October 27, 2020

A collection of blanket samples designed to be cosy in texture and in colour. Inspired by Mark Rothko's warmer Colour Field Paintings. Created with lambs wool. ...