“From The Margins“

a lens in the landscape

Now available for order.
“From the margins” photographs from the farmland within a one mile radius of my home in Northumberland. They focus on the marginal land around the fields and the edges, the intimate details, the micro landscapes of my surroundings.

40 pages, 210×210 square, B&W throughout
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Poppies

I have been making poppy jewellery for several years now. My style has developed and changed over that period, so I felt it was time to revisit my designs, and give them a bit of an update. The main change has been to add silver bails to suspend the pieces either from ear wires or …

Snowy Day Sheep

I have recently started using the social media site Mastodon as an alternative to Twitter. I have found it a very welcoming and lively place, with a lot more engagement than I ever got on the Bird site, and much, much less snark.   There is a whole hashtag devoted to photographs of sheep, to …

Silver Maple Leaves

Back to the workbench, after a prolonged shop holiday over Christmas and New Year. I closed up early this year, after a busy autumn, and postage difficulties caused by the Royal Mail strike (although I 100% support the postal workers). First up are some new pieces for my Falling Leaves collection. Not very seasonal, but …

Impressions

It's been a busy summer for me, what with one thing and another, so I'm really pleased to have found time to put together a brand new collection in time for autumn. "Impressions" features a range of designs created by pressing various natural and found objects into the surface of sheets of softened silver and …

Spring Greens

It's been a grey, wet winter, but we're finally starting to see hints that spring is just around the corner. The snowdrops are putting on an amazing show, and they are being joined by hellebores, aconites, and the spikes of daffodils and bluebells. The first leaves of spring are always amazingly fresh and green, and …

Sheep!

It had to happen. I walk in the Cheviots most weeks, and often my only companions are the many sheep that graze the hills. I've been photographing them for several years now, and they have finally found their way into my jewellery designs. This lovely lady is the ewe that finally prompted me to take …

New Sea Pottery Necklaces

I'm kicking off the new year with some new sea pottery necklaces. I love working on these, but they take a bit of time, so the post-Christmas lull is a great opportunity to make them. I don't leave near a pebbly beach, so finding pieces of nicely weathered sea pottery can be an issue. I …

Two New Designs

I have just added some new pieces to my most popular collections - Moon-Gazing Hares and Poppy. Both are sweet little pin brooches, which would look great on the lapel of a coat or jacket.The Moon-Gazing Hares design actually features two separate pins, so that you can place the hare and the moon however you …

Tin Mugs

I’m a long-time fan of artist Grayson Perry’s work and broadcasts, and I’ve really enjoyed watching he and Philippa Perry present their Art Club programme during two periods of lockdown here in the UK. It’s been amazing and inspiring to to see how many people have responded to confinement with imagination and creativity. Imagine, then, my joy when …