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Coming To America
I’ve been making mixed media paintings and jewellery for just over three years now, and although I sell well at my own Open Studios and have a number of devoted private clients (plus sales through Newblood, and also in Istanbul and Shanghai) I’ve struggled to find the right way to consistently sell my rather unusual [...]
La Rentree
In France going back to school is called la rentree, and it is a Seriously Big Deal. The shops have special displays and parents fuss around buying new notebooks, bags, clothes, shoes etc. Now I’ve just had a long hot summer in the South of France, I watched the sea, visited medieval castles, went to [...]
Art You Tweeting
Last week I went to a talk by Twitter Guru Mark Shaw www.markshaw.biz . Before I heard him speak I was convinced that Twitter was for sad people who had nothing better to do than tell the world what they had for lunch or were famous enough to expect people to actually care what they [...]
Virtual Clearout
I’ve been at home all week nursing myself through a prolonged bout of Istanbul tummy – there’s always a price to pay isn’t there? But I’ve made myself useful and have been strapped to my computer, trawling through various websites showing my work and culling and updating images and words. It’s a job I would [...]
Private View in Istanbul and the Saucepan of the Prophet Abraham
I’m always nervous about attending my own Private Views but I’ve just been to Istanbul for the PV of Fusion 2010 at the Bir Nokta gallery. This exhibition of seventeen British designer/makers is the first one organised by the enterprising Handmade in Britain and Handmade Interiors. None of us knew what to expect but the [...]