I've been thinking about the sea quite a bit just recently, I'm missing it, and this led me to thoughts of seashells. I've had a few...

It's a New Year and January looks like this - a new collection - and some of these and a couple of variations have already been submitted...

"Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without." Right time, right place, fulfilling a need and getting a life of it's own, becoming...

Now and again I buy a magazine, not any magazine but something inspiring like Selvedge, Embroidery, Ceramics Review or Crafts. In the...

Now sometimes things do not go to plan, I start on one track and end up on another ...with something quite different. So I left you in...

Or how I created my latest fabric design for Spoonflower. I read the contest brief – Using at least two of the colors from the palette...

Indulging in more Bootcamp loveliness with Lilla Rogers over at Make Art That Sells, and this month's mini assignment had us...

The brief was to create an animal for a small child's T shirt. My first idea was a giraffe saying Hi! and the second was an elephant in a...

Part of a Global Interactive Art Library which contains over 36,000 sketchbooks, from more than 100 countries, within the walls of the...

It's that time of year when my thoughts turn to Christmas cards and in particular designing my own. I've done this for many, many years...

The Little Golden Books are a very popular American series of children's books – first published in 1942, and The Poky little Puppy is...

God/Goddess of Home Decor Grayson Perry. If you haven't heard of him I'd be surprised, although my partner did say "Who?". Winner of the...

Mark making impresario! Love the freedom of her work - make a mark repeat it - fill the canvas, fill the room ...why not?! Yayoi Kusama...

You can't have one without the other - well maybe you can but I choose not too as Anne-Marie potted the most perfectly shaped ware and...

Several weeks ago a wee thin jug was donated to the Save the Children shop in Chester, where I sort and price Bric-a-brac twice a week......

This morning I started a ceramics board on Pinterest, when I found a plaque I rather liked, so after a slight wander off with Figgjo...

Without breakers there are no makers... Without makers there are no breakers. Cleo Mussi works in mosaic, using broken crockery to make...

Bit of an odd one here but 'bear with' as Miranda Hart's school nemesis Tilly used to say ...repeatedly! Gosh I loved that programme....

Jane has a twin passion for pattern and enamel and uses it to make the most beautifully crafted pieces of silver jewellery. I saw her...

I can't tell you how much I adore this! I saw Karen Nicol's work at an exhibition in Ruthin Craft centre last year and just fell in love...