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Oct 26, 20201 min read

Malvern Mistletoe

Back in March at the beginning of Lockdown we went for a walk in the Malverns - this was the weekend when hoards of people flocked to...

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Oct 5, 20203 min read

Hanging pumpkins

There's a lot I can write about this pumpkin print - a long string of interwoven events are a big part of how it came about. During...

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Aug 16, 20201 min read

Celebrating the #sussextrug

Another print based on a sketch I did during #inktober back in 2016. I knew it would work well as a print - only took four years to...

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Aug 16, 20201 min read

What's the story

Lockdown 2020 - the perfect time to get some more prints under my belt. #lockdownart Growing plants from seed was definitely the way to...

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Aug 16, 20201 min read

It's the cat's birthday!

This print 'Darwin' is based on the many positions that a sleeping cat adopts. He is a particularly long cat - the average cat's tail is...

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Aug 12, 20201 min read

Always wanted my own shed...

Growing up in Preston, Lancashire - I always wanted my own shed... it never happened. Later in life, about 30 years or so, on a visit to...

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Aug 5, 20202 min read

Completing the trio

I worked on Lucie Rie and friends at the same time as Saga and other forms - to make a pleasing set of three prints alongside Hornsea...

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Aug 3, 20201 min read

The ongoing Saga...

I love combinations of green and yellow and how you can put different patterns together and get away with it! My Saga and other forms...

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Jul 30, 20202 min read

Think of this as a Sketchbook

I've decided to add a blog to my website - to give a bit of background to my woodcut prints. I aim to cover a little bit about how I...

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