When I made this porcelain diorama featuring Cow, Frog and Fish 2 years ago now I didn’t really feel like I had made it – if that makes any sense at all… Let me explain.. I felt like the image of what I was to make was planted into my mind and that my handsContinue reading “Carriers of hope..”
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On Shining
I exhibited at the Hepworth Ceramics Fair in June. It was really wonderful, I’ve never had such a successful fair before. But the positivity of it all really threw me. So many lovely comments and people buying my work! Peoples joy, delight on so many childrens faces. It was so much to take. At oneContinue reading “On Shining”
My 3rd Slaughterhouse Vigil
This morning I went to another slaughterhouse vigil with Manchester Pig Save. I’ve been tired this week and didn’t feel at my best emotional strength-wise, and trust me you need that there. I really always try and feel the hope in most situations. I don’t want to feel despondent so I really make an effortContinue reading “My 3rd Slaughterhouse Vigil”
Manchester Pig Save 6.12.22
You may have read my last blog post about my first slaughterhouse vigil with Manchester Pig Save last month. Well today I attended my second. I was fortunate to go with a friend this time. I haven’t seen her for ages so as picked her up and as we caught up the whole way there,Continue reading “Manchester Pig Save 6.12.22”
Manchester Pig Save – 15.11.22
On Tuesday last week, in the pouring rain, I headed to Manchester for a peaceful vigil outside a slaughterhouse. I have never been to one before, and honestly, I never believed it would be something I could manage. But recently I’ve felt ready to step forwards much more with my animal activism. The slaughterhouse isContinue reading “Manchester Pig Save – 15.11.22”
When sadness is really love.
I joyfully make porcelain dioramas that feature farmed and wild animals as petite characters within idyllic, natural settings. The scenes appear whimsical at first, with the additions of gold detailed fairy wings, teeny cakes with teenier strawberries on top and glittering twinkling stars. Yet really they are very simple. Just nature and animals. The animalsContinue reading “When sadness is really love.”
On waiting..
Do you ever feel like you are just… waiting?? I am in a phase of life that I can only describe as ‘waiting’. It feels like I’m stood stone cold still in the middle yet the world around me continues to move, leaving me behind. Each day Ted changes and intricately develops towards being aContinue reading “On waiting..”
On the hard days.
Yesterday was just a bad day. Arduous in every way for absolutely no reason I could think of. I just woke up like that. Maybe I had a weird dream I cannot remember, who knows. I wished I had a ‘normal’ job where someone would tell me what to do and where to go soContinue reading “On the hard days.”
Flowers first, then cake.
So I put myself in a self imposed ‘lockdown’ pre summer holidays in order to complete this porcelain scene – and then I caught Covid for the first time! So I had a Covid imposed lockdown instead.. Doesn’t the universe work in funny ways :/ So I didn’t quite get it done when I hadContinue reading “Flowers first, then cake.”
Creating Adventures For Busy Lives
Mini adventures that feel like big adventures for when you’re short on time. How I create a joyful, yet restorative outdoor adventure out of an hour or so a week. Although I LOVE being outdoors, it is one of the things I let go whenever my life gets busy. I don’t seem to value itContinue reading “Creating Adventures For Busy Lives”