DULWICH FESTIVAL - ARTISTS OPEN HOUSE - 13 - 14 May 2017

March 22, 2016

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My most favourite event of the year is nearly upon us - Dulwich Festival Artists' Open House. I just love this event as I have the pleasure of welcoming friends, family, clients, neighbours and strangers alike to my home. Each year so many of you pop-in to share cake, art and chatter.

This year I'm delighted to be joined by my two good friends Gabriela Szulman and Georgia Bosson who will be exhibiting prints, cards, jewellery and textiles along side my work. I'm also thrilled that I'll signing copies of HOUSE of CARDS over the weekend.

We are open from 11 - 6 on Saturday and Sunday. Please pop along, bring your friends - there's plenty of outdoor space for children to play and we have some of the tastiest cakes in South London! SEE YOU THERE!

WINTER WARMTH 14 Nov - 9 Jan

November 10, 2015

A selling exhibition in sunny Scotland! If you're near Falkirk pop down to The Park  Craft/Design gallery where I'll be showing with a select group of makers. You can find us at Callendar House, Callendar Park, Falkirk, FK1 1YR.

The gallery opening times are Monday to Saturday 10-17pm and Sunday 14-17pm.

CAMBERWELL ARTS 27 - 29 November

November 10, 2015

I'm thrilled to be exhibiting in Empress Mews (off Kenbury Street) SE5 9BT in the home/studio of my great friend Gabriela Szulman gabrielaszulman.com . There's a Private View on Friday 27th 6-9pm so do join us for a drink, alternatively we're open on Saturday and Sunday from 11-6pm. See you then!

Please join Gita and I for a Christmas Emporium at Orso Major Gallery at 19 Lower Marsh, London, Waterloo, SE1. The show will be full of festive delights - Art, Homewares, Stationery and Jewellery and you'll be certain to find unique Christmas Gifts. We'll be open throughout November and December. See orsomajor.com for exact opening times.

MODERN SHOWS - Dulwich College 23rd November

October 6, 2014

If, like me, you LOVE fabulous contemporary design you'll adore this show. I save for months before this event as I can't resist the delicious design wares on sale. This year, FOR THE FIRST TIME, I'll be selling not buying - well that's the theory...........

Take a look at their website to get a better idea of all the other splendid design delights on offer.....

Find out more at Modern Shows.

DRAWINGS

July 13, 2012

Everything I make starts with drawings - I love pencil drawing and have tonnes of sketchbooks. Anytime I'm sitting down listening to music or half watching a film, I'm drawing. I'll go through my sketchbooks and find some drawings made ages ago and they may well be the start of new work. I put my sketchbooks out, almost as an afterthought, at our recent Open House, and people really enjoyed looking through them, so here are a few snippets. They are not finished , smart, tweeked - simply ideas.

MY STORY

July 13, 2012

Printmaking is my first love. I studied Fine Art at Manchester and then did a postgrad at Central St Martins. When I finished college I thought...what now? eek! With limited cash to buy materials or promote my work I made a very basic screen press. I then printed tonnes of cards and began selling them. The Conran Shop, Designers Guild and many small retailers bought them. Then Heal's commissioned me to make an accessories range, their success enabled me to concentrate on more commissioned artwork. I've since made loads of commissions, done numerous shows, met great people - colleagues and clients. I really enjoy working on creative projects as part of a team, and I make work with as much passion as I had when I left college, and still use the same basic press I began with....

GREAT TO MEET YOU!

July 13, 2012

Follow me on : TWITTER I am an artist and designer making colourful, contemporary woodblocks, mirrors, prints and cards. Most days I design in my South London studio, once a week I join the real world and work at Helen Yardley Rugs. Much of my time is spent drawing in sketchbooks - see drawings post below. I then cut out paper shapes to use across the range of my work. The overall look and texture of each object is really important to me, I love quality paper and card with texture and weight, or the soft sensual surface of wood.

OUR MID-CENTURY HOUSE - featured in Good Homes Magazine

August 9, 2012

Last month our unusual Mid-Century house in Dulwich was featured in Good Homes Magazine. It is wonderful to see it in print as the renovation journey has been challenging, fun and at times seemed never ending. Bearing in mind how difficult it is to buy a home we are lucky to have had the opportunity. After our previous house, a 4 bedroom Victorian house, we SWORE "never again" ....but when we saw this house all was forgotten. I spotted it on the internet in 2007, these pictures are the very same (complete with womble!!) - and it was love at first sight!