More links for you today on carpets. A lovely intro to the Islamic art style is here on a V&A microsite. I’ve never found this site be...

These silks were part of an order that arrived this week. The selection is called “Salt Flats” by Mulberry Silks. The magazine colours ha...

Finally starting to feel like tidying up and getting sorted.  Ideas for new projects swimming around in my head. Though still very much in...

I am so enjoying this course, (along with Astrobiology and Modern World History via Coursera) its not leaving me much time for the studio, ...

Tonight its raining hard and I suspect most of the snow will be gone by Monday.  It's good and bad.  It will be great to be able to get ...

Hello! Speaking here from the new laptop at last, the second new one in a week.  I’m now having “ great fun” reloading all the software an...

Trying out the Blogger app on the iPad, hoping it works as I have a "slight" Issue with my laptop. I'm hoping to be sorted ou...

The whole family joined in.  Interestingly the DH balanced rocks, I built tall towers and DS built both. A fabulous afternoon, can’t wa...

Making the effort to pick up the camera, drive twenty minutes from home and put on wellies. Storm debris washed up on the beach, so much m...

  Making the effort to pick up the camera, drive five minutes from home and lace up the walking boots. Looking along the Harthope Valley....

Happy Yule & Midwinter Solstice to everyone! I’m pleased to be across the solstice and back to days where the sunlight is returning. T...