It will vary depending on the project, but most of the techniques I use for my cards and brooches are pretty simple! For the cards I tend to use basic cutting, stamping and paper punching techniques, and for the brooches basic sewing skills and sometimes needlefelting. But that’s not to say the pieces are neccesarily quick or easy to make! I tend to start with a basic idea, and design as I go along, combining different processes, colours and textures until I am happy with the final piece. I personally feel that the final product is more important than the techniques used to make it, and believe that how a piece looks and feels will really change how much you as the buyer/user respond to it.

However, I am always trying out new techniques and have recently learnt wet felting and crochet and have lino cutting and polymer clay on my ‘to-do’ list! I tend to have mad moments where I decide to learn something new, and go absolutely crazy on that particular technique! Over the years I have learnt to wait until the crazy time has passed because like it or not, I always view my new hobbies through rose-tinted glasses and find that at a later date perhaps I was just overcome with excitement rather than professional detachment! Only when I am calm again do I start to incorporate my new skills into the pieces I make!