Studio
My clay studio
In March 2024, I was fortunate enough to be presented with an opportunity for a new studio.
Until that date, I had been sharing my little studio room at home with both wool and clay, and we made it work, despite the to-ing and fro-ing of each materials and the extra clean up time.
This new space feels so perfect - the large space is dedicated to workshop space, where our studio residents or guest tutirs can run classes. The other resident is a painter and printmaker.
The venue feels perfect not simply because of the larger space and room for my kiln, but it feels like it is a combination of serendipity, luck and reward, and that the space itself will bring us luck.
I will be journaling too, at random times, which you can find here, and I will add some work-in-progress photographs on this page, as well as some photos of the space itself, which is also currently its own work-in-progress as we move in and settle down.
My textile studio…
I have been working with textiles, primarily wool, since 2011. It has been a wonderfully healing process , and a steep lurning curve!
The boxroom at home is my storage area (and where the Community Shawl sits on her mannequin in beween shows), and I use the lovely captain’s desk and chair I inherited from my stepfather, for my sketching, journalling, sewing and making. Thankfully it is large enough for a row of books, a sewing machine, notebooks and a laptop!