Glass-Painting Private Commission – “Ritz”

Commission Work: ‘Ritz’ – Private Commission for Mark Barclay, London I was contacted recently to do a Private Commission glass-painting for Mark Barclay in London. Mark had just bought a terraced house and wanted a glass-painting of his late Siamese cat ‘Ritz’ to sit above his front door. I designed the graphic below to show [...]

Craft activities for Children – Colouring in…

My boyfriend and I had a chat the other night about the things we did when we were children on bad weather days.  We dated at school 25 years ago and were both fitness freaks, so staying indoors on these days was like a punishment.  On those days we both enjoyed one activity in particular, [...]

Arts & Crafts as a cure for the stresses of modern life…

Stress is ever present in our modern existence and it seems to me more important than ever to develop hobbies and past times that help to relieve that stress.  I advocate Arts and Crafts as a great way to deal with stress.  In my experience, and even at times of extreme stress, being able to [...]

Free Craft ideas to entertain the kids whilst waiting for the credit card statement to hit the doormat!

As the Christmas period ending often means tightening the purse strings whilst we all wait for our credit card statements to land on the doormat at the end of the month, I thought it might be a good idea to come up with a few ideas over the next few weeks to help entertain the [...]

The rules of Art… there are no rules!

One of the things that I love most about art is that it doesn’t come with a rule book.  It is a great way to express yourself without having to work within any rules, guidelines or limitations other than those placed on you by you. I’ve run workshops for community groups of both the young [...]

Arts and Crafts and me…

My love of Art started when I was at high school.  As a young girl I looked forward to each and every art lesson with eager anticipation.  I guess I was lucky because my art teacher, Mr Alan Aggett, had an inspiring nature and an approach to his students that allowed you to develop and become [...]