Why Naming a Show Is Hard
Naming my upcoming solo show has turned out to be far harder — and far more revealing — than I expected. What began as a practical decision has slowly become part of the creative process itself, mirroring my shifting relationship with place, belonging, and making work in Devon. This post is a quiet look behind the scenes at how a title moves, hesitates, and slowly takes shape alongside the work.
What a Five-Millimetre Mistake Taught Me
A five-millimetre mistake was all it took to unravel my carefully laid plans. What should have been a straightforward framing job turned into ninety minutes of panic, a missed deadline, and a painful realisation: I can’t treat presentation as an afterthought any longer. In this post I share the moment everything went wrong — and the eight hard-won lessons it’s taught me as I prepare for my solo show.
Learning Landscapes: Learning to Look
A slow shift from instinct to understanding, and learning to see what holds a landscape together.
Creative Intent: The Card Deck
A creative framework designed to help me make intentional, expressive decisions through mood, value, colour, and design.
Four Ways to Build a Landscape
I find myself sometimes being very literal with the larger landscapes. With my pendants, though, the process is far more intuitive. Over time, I’ve built up a kind of library of pre-designed glass sheets — each one a small experiment in colour, texture, and transparency.
Dartmoor Sketching: A Small Act of Bravery
With the car boot packed full of supplies, we set out for our first Dartmoor sketching session — an act of bravery, and a learning curve in more ways than one.
Stepping Into the Wild
A perfect Dartmoor day of tors, trees, and legends — and a reminder of why I love calling this wild corner of Devon home.
Exploring Dartmoor on the Page
Exploring Dartmoor through the pages of well-worn books before setting foot on the moors themselves — gathering stories, inspiration, and places to walk once the hills quieten for winter.
When Too Many Colours Speak at Once
My inner critic is loud, my deadlines are looming, and glass feels impossibly complicated. So I went back to basics: paint, play, and a pile of colour swatches. What started as overwhelm is turning into a palette — and maybe even a collection.
