Over the last year I've been experimenting with using real plants and flowers in my digital designs. Last year, I collected and dried a variety of plants, some of which had been used previously for cyanotype printing, and were very much dried. Over time, their colours had faded. I liked the muted...

Exhibition of pressed flowers, line arts and silhouettes of plants. Prints, framed fabric pictures and tea towels....

Lampshades are an integral part to a room, not only because they provide light but they add decoration, colour and are often a focal point. They can tie a room's decor together. There are different shapes of shades, but so many more types of lamp bases and teaming the two together can provide a real...

You may, or may not know, that I love cyanotype. Cyanotype is a photographic process where prints and images are created by the sun . I cover fabric with the solution, which is then placed in the sun with plants on - and where the plants are the fabric stays the original colour while any fabric...

For Christmas 2023 I decided I wanted to design a pattern collection that could go across different products including table runners, napkins, tea towels and notebooks. The collection revolves around the Poinsettia. This beautiful plant is so associated with Christmas but for me it reminds me of...

In my last blog I wrote about taking part in the Make it in Design online design school. It happens twice a year - Winter and Summer school. In summer 2023 I only took on 1 of the tracks as it was during the summer holidays and I was travelling for some of it. But I still managed 2...

For the last 3 years I've taken part in the Make it in Design online design school. The 'school' provides the opportunity to design to a brief in three tracks - beginner, intermediate and advanced. Over the 4 weeks, 2 trend briefs are assigned and 2 creative briefs. As a self-taught designer (I...