The Making Time of Year

Every year I find August and September to be super busy with the need to be transforming clay into porcelain and every year I think I really should be more organised with this earlier in the year! And this year is no exception as I’ve been knocked sideways with...

5 Tips for Making that Dream Happen, Stuff Ups and All

How much do you beat yourself up for stuffing things up? Most of us have this negative sound loop playing when we make mistakes that easily knocks the crap out of us. But I think it’s a heap worse to have a bundle of life enhancing dreams go flying by simply...

How to Make Instagram Work for the Maker

Well it’s getting close to Christmas and I’m looking over my goals for the year wondering what can I actually get done so I can tick it off the list. As is so often the case the year takes a different direction than is initially planned and some projects, goals,...

The Excitement of Being Featured

Being featured in one of your favourite creative magazines is turning into one of the highlights of my year, especially as I’ve been able to share it with my mum during a really difficult time with my much treasured dad going through serious surgery. My mum, Helen...

How Artists Can Bring More Peace Into the World

I’m a firm believer that we each have the power to create in this world what we want to see in it. If you want heart ache and harm then you do the hideous things that make that happen. If you want peace and love then you share such beauty with others and create more...