nature

Sketchbook Project

Following on from my trip to New Designers, I mentioned that myself and Megan Ashwell Designs were going to be challenging ourselves with a new project (if you missed that post, you can view it here). Our plan for the project is to chose a theme to work with, and produce at least one drawing […]

Circles

One of the little detailed sources of inspiration for my work. Circles found within nature: {shells}             {bark}             {sea rocks}             {plant cells}           {giant redwood}                   […]

Nature is beautiful…

Have you ever taken a moment to admire the beauty of nature around you? It is the many different organic objects, shapes, colours and forms that inspire my work. And what best to use other than nature itself to create the most naturally beautiful surfaces. I have been having so much fun collecting bits and […]

Patterns in Nature

I think these amazingly close up images of tree cells and cross sections of tree roots are stunning! I’ll be using them as inspiration for some new designs… I love the different sized circular shapes bundled together in little patterns.

Botanical Garden

Thanks to one of my lovely customers for sending me a selection of photographs from her visit to a botanical garden on holiday in Tenerife. These are a few of my favourites that have been a great inspiration for my work.

Sloes & The Countryside

I’ve been enjoying a lot of the local countryside recently, and have found long walks in the fresh air a good way to clear my head. The gorgeous weather and beautiful blue skies over the past week has helped very much too! Last year I wanted to make my own sloe gin using this recipe, […]

Nature Inspiration

Isn’t nature beautiful? The main source of inspiration for my ceramics comes from some of the simple little details in nature such as an arrangement of tree branches, a single petal or leaf, the light shining into a meadow, seed pods, and clusters of flower heads. These images were taken from my Pinterest Nature Board […]

DIY Nature Wreaths

It’s a lovely frosty day today, the grass is still crunchy from this morning. We’ve had a little sprinkling of snow this weekend, but nothing major yet. I’m enjoying this relaxing Sunday! Earlier I made this wreath using a collection of pine cones. I got the idea from Maya’s inspiring blog. They are so simple […]

A Walk in the Woods

Today I am pleased to announce that I have a guest post featured on the ArtMind blog. I’ve been a huge fan of Mitsy’s blog for a long time and it is a privilege to have a whole post featured there. My post is titled “A Walk in the Woods”… head over there to read […]

Collecting Nature

I couldn’t help noticing many of nature’s organic objects at our local country park whilst we were out walking this evening. I’m terrible for picking things up, inspecting them, and usually popping them in my carrier bag for use as inspiration. (I do wash my hands when I get home!) At the moment I’m currently […]

Castle Ashby Gardens

During the quiet period of the craft fair at Castle Ashby on Sunday afternoon, I took the opportunity to wander around the gardens and take some photos. If you’ve never visited the gardens of Castle Ashby House, I would definitely recommend it as a day out, the views are simply stunning! It wasn’t until I […]

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