In 2012 I finally managed to go get myself some proper painting training and my art has been the better for it. Here are some work-in-progress posts for some of my paintings.

I have been having a fantastic time exploring the limits and advantages of paper embroidery. There are definitely some engineering challenges involved in order to achieve the effect you want. After all card can only take so much punishment. All of these are hand-stitched into card. Sometimes I add embellishment to the card, sometimes I…

Yarn can be wrapped around shapes creating glorious colour gradients and patterns.

The moment I discovered kumihimo, I wanted to play with it. I have since created several kinds of jewellery by combining it with Chinese knotting and beadweaving.

I discovered hand-dyed yarn through a venture into crochet. I suddenly had all this gorgeous yarn and wanted to play with it and explore how I could emphasize those lovely colours.

Needlepoint is quiet stitching where the holes are already made, you just need to choose the right one. I love the rhythm and the geometric patterns that result along with some gorgeous textures and colour displays. I have made many different types of jewellery, creating both patterns and unique pieces.