January 7th 2011

This is a photograph of my automata. I have been collecting them for years from places such as the Cabaret Mechanical Theatre and Dansel Gallery in Dorset. They are made […]

January 3rd 2011

When I first started to bind books, I bought leather pieces from Falkiners (now Shepherds) – my favourite place for bookbinding supplies. More recently, I discovered that Pittards in Yeovil, […]

November 23rd 2010

Taking a cue from Linda Cunningham over at Lasqueti Press who has been doing a similar project as this daily  photoblog over at Flickr – with the difference that hers […]

August 19th 2010

Another beautiful sunset at Hive Beach. The boys were fishing for mackerel and bringing them in by the dozen. Their girlfriends were lining the beach behind them tending barbecues  – […]

June 2nd 2010

I took this photograph very early one morning as we were sailing out of St Peter Port on Guernsey to begin our sail back across the English Channel. It was […]

May 2nd 2010

Not quite so eloquent as the last piece of calligraphy but a fun exercise nonetheless…click to enlarge.

May 1st 2010

A piece of calligraphy I did for a friend a couple of years ago. Still makes me teary to read it. Click to enlarge.

April 21st 2010

Did I mention I love ribbon?

April 12th 2010

A few years ago, I was as equally obsessed with calligraphy as I now am with bookbinding. These are tiny bottles of Italian ink which I have never used because […]

March 25th 2010

I love colour and I love pens, so these were irresistible…

March 23rd 2010

Still knitting….