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Bristol Harbour and Upfest - The Urban Paint Festival
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Summer Sunsets...
On top of Cleeve Hill, Cheltenham.
Ogmore-by-Sea, Wales.
Putney Bridge, London.
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Punting with Lottie in Cambridge May '18
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THE TULIP FIELDS
Keukenhof, Lisse (Holland)
April '18
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It was a dream come true to finally cycle around the colourful tulip fields in Holland. The never-ending brightly coloured stripes were spectacular, these photos do not do it justice!
Some snaps from inside the Keukenhof gardens. I have never seen so many different types of beautiful tulips!
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AMSTERDAM
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I loved wandering around the canals of Amsterdam and enjoying all the higgledy piggledy houses - they are like something out of a fairy tale.
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D H A K A
Bangladesh
March '18
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I loved my first time to Dhaka, Bangladesh, for the same reasons I love India... it's a crazy and colourful place where despite its obvious poverty, everyone has a huge smile on their face and is very welcoming. They are ruthless drivers and I think you are lucky if you have no scratches on your car - the buses were so scraped there was barely any paint left on some of them! I really wanted to have a ride in the pretty cycle rickshaws as they were all so colourful and each had a different design (the more OTT the better!). A particular highlight was getting to visit various factories and see the production line, washing houses, print production etc, which I haven't seen before.
H O N G K O N G
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We ended up in Hong Kong over the weekend (as part of our two week work trip) so I managed to enjoy being a tourist and see some of the sights! It's such a busy, crazy and amazing place - I loved it! Some snaps of the Victoria Peak, HK skyline and Star ferry at night (along the 'Avenue of Stars'), and the views from the cable car up to see the Tian Tan Buddah on Lantau Island.
S H A N G H A I
March '18
Annual work trip to the Far East, and enjoyed staying right on The Bund in Shanghai...
amazing views from the hotel rooftop bar!
amazing views from the hotel rooftop bar!
February Florals
I recently enjoyed a weekend in London visiting the Orchid Festival at Kew Gardens and made my first trip to Columbia Road Flower Market. Orchids are one of my favourite flowers but I can never keep them alive! There were so many different varieties and beautiful colours as part of the Orchid Festival.
Bristol Harbour
Lovely sunny Sunday walk along Bristol harbour side. Love all the pixelated colours - inspiration for my next painting?
Pistachio, Yoghurt & Elderflower cake
Yummy Gluten Free cake recipe by Jamie Oliver. I'm not much of a baker but this GF cake was relatively faff-free, tastes great and looks particularly pretty (bar the burnt edges)! The combination of lemon, elderflower cordial and greek yoghurt icing is really fresh.
Meet Wally the Whale....
...made from a recycled Weird Fish top, the perfect fabric to sew this fun toy for my new little cousin.
Also very fitting that it was World Whale Day on the 18th February!
...made from a recycled Weird Fish top, the perfect fabric to sew this fun toy for my new little cousin.
Also very fitting that it was World Whale Day on the 18th February!
Blowing away those January Blues...
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Ink and watercolour on paper.
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Up North and the bright night lights of Newcastle
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The pretty bright night lights and reflections on the Tyne down by the quayside in Newcastle, one of my favourite places.
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The North Coastline
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ON TOP OF THE WORLD! Worth the hike up Skirrid for these panoramic views.
Feeling Festive
December '17
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Rather than making chocolate truffles this Christmas, I decided to bake gingerbread snowflake biscuits decorated with sparkly lemon piped icing - simple yet effective!
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Icy cold snowy scenes here in the Cotswolds/Cheltenham.
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Cold wintery sunset skies
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Autumn has arrived!
Trip to Westonbirt Arboretum to see the beautiful autumnal colours.
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AW17 Weird Fish
October '17
A selection of my knitwear and knitted accessories designs for Weird Fish. Beautiful shots taken in Iceland. www.weirdfish.co.uk
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Scandi Pom Pom Cushion September '17
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Fun Fair Isles
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Making the most of the bank holiday sunshine, I set my knitting machine up outside.
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N Y H A V N
Acrylic on canvas, August 2017.
Serpentine pavilion 2017: Francis Kéré’s cool shades of Africa
Hyde Park, London.
July '17
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A quick visit to London couldn't go without swinging by this year's Serpentine Pavilion designed by Francis Kéré. Inspired by his roots in Burkina Faso, Africa, it's a beautiful tree-like space made up of a tessellation of triangles, with curved walls beneath the orange-ish roof in complementary deep blue.
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Breathing Colour by Hella Jongerius
The Design Museum, London.
July '17
Breathing Colour by acclaimed Dutch designer Hella Jongerius, is an installation-based exhibition that takes a deeper look at the way colour behaves, exploring shapes, materials, shadows and reflections.
The exhibition is divided into separate spaces that simulate daylight at specific times of the day – morning, noon and evening. These three phases explore the impact of changing daylight on our perception of colour. This exhibition was of particular interest as it is extremely relevant to my graduate collection, which was inspired by the ever-changing colours from Dawn ‘til Dusk. My dissertation also looked at our perception and the use of colour in fashion.
The exhibition is divided into separate spaces that simulate daylight at specific times of the day – morning, noon and evening. These three phases explore the impact of changing daylight on our perception of colour. This exhibition was of particular interest as it is extremely relevant to my graduate collection, which was inspired by the ever-changing colours from Dawn ‘til Dusk. My dissertation also looked at our perception and the use of colour in fashion.
The Cornish Coastline
Girls trip in 'Campie'.
July '17
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Beautiful sunsets and crashing waves at Watergate Bay, Cornwall.
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Colourful Copenhagen -
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Nyhavn is an enticing concoction of sherbet-hued town houses, craft/design studios and candlelit cafes.
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FAR EAST adventures...
April/May '17
Some highlights from a recent work trip to the Far East...
Chennai & Delhi (India) - Seoul (South Korea) - Shanghai (China)
Chennai & Delhi (India) - Seoul (South Korea) - Shanghai (China)
The bright night lights of Shanghai
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I was up in the clouds.... The Shanghai Tower is the second tallest building in the world, and has amazing views of The Bund from the top!
Seoul, South Korea
South Korea - May '17
The Grand Palace
I was very lucky to be in Seoul during the Lantern Festival. There was a spectacular night procession and so many colourful lanterns on display along the canal running through the city.
PLEASE HORN!
Chennai (India),
April '17
April '17
I have always loved the chaos of India.... I was so pleased to finally capture the colourful Indian TaTa trucks on camera (as they are usually coming straight towards you at high speed!).
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Moroccan inspired
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Coloured ceramic pieces
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January '17
I've enjoyed finally adding some colour to my thrown pieces. It's tricky mixing colours as you never know quite how the colours will change after firing (which is also part of the fun)... but I'm thrilled with my first attempt! Melting glass beads (see pre-firing, left) is very easy and striking way of adding colour.
I've enjoyed finally adding some colour to my thrown pieces. It's tricky mixing colours as you never know quite how the colours will change after firing (which is also part of the fun)... but I'm thrilled with my first attempt! Melting glass beads (see pre-firing, left) is very easy and striking way of adding colour.
SEEDHEAD EXPLOSION.
Watercolour and ink painting. Bursts of bright orange set against pale blues and greys.
Frosty winter trees lit by bright winter sunlight...
December '16
Some beautiful frosty sunsets in the lead up to Christmas... I love the silhouettes of the trees against the vivid skies.
Some beautiful frosty sunsets in the lead up to Christmas... I love the silhouettes of the trees against the vivid skies.
1920s JAZZ AGE Fashion & Photographs
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October '16
My most recent visit to London was to catch the end of the Georgia O'keeffe exhibition at the Tate Modern and the 1920s JAZZ AGE exhibition at the Fashion and Textile Museum. I love twenties fashion so this was a great little exhibition to go to 'The 1920s JAZZ AGE exhibition presents a glittering display of haute couture and ready-to-wear fashion from 1919 to 1929. Women’s clothing in the 1920s reflected dizzying social change on an unprecedented scale. From Paris and London to New York and Hollywood, the decade following the Great War offered the modern woman a completely new style of dressing. With over 150 garments, this stunning selection of sportswear, printed day dresses, fringed flapper dresses, beaded evening wear, velvet capes, and silk pyjamas reveals the glamour, excess, frivolity and modernity of the decade. Colourful illustrations by Gordon Conway from the Illustrated London News Archive at Mary Evans and photographs by Abbe, Beaton, Man Ray, and Baron de Meyer highlight the role of photographs and magazines in promoting the 1920s look.' |
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LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL.
The Green Room at the V&A by Design Studio Glithero.
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Bristol Balloon Fiesta
Aug '16
The sky was filled with colour as Bristol Balloon Fiesta took to the air... colourful balloons of all shapes and sizes were scattered across the Bristol skyline as over a hundred hot air balloons took part in a mass launch from the Ashton Court Estate. The epic mass ascent was followed by a stunning nightglow where the pilots lit the burners in rhythm to music.
The sky was filled with colour as Bristol Balloon Fiesta took to the air... colourful balloons of all shapes and sizes were scattered across the Bristol skyline as over a hundred hot air balloons took part in a mass launch from the Ashton Court Estate. The epic mass ascent was followed by a stunning nightglow where the pilots lit the burners in rhythm to music.
Italian Adventure to the Cinque Terre
(and a trip back to Switzerland)
July - August '16
Cinque Terre is a rugged coastline on the Italian Riviera and consists of the five beautiful hillside towns;
Riomaggiore - Manarola - Corniglia - Vernazza - Monterosso
A cascade of picturesque multi-coloured houses all tightly clustered on the cliff edge, face onto the sea.
Cinque Terre is a rugged coastline on the Italian Riviera and consists of the five beautiful hillside towns;
Riomaggiore - Manarola - Corniglia - Vernazza - Monterosso
A cascade of picturesque multi-coloured houses all tightly clustered on the cliff edge, face onto the sea.
Sunrise and sunsets...
July '16
Dawn on Coppet Hill (Goodrich, Herefordshire) and the sun setting in Cheltenham (my new home). I'll forever be inspired by the ever-changing beautiful colours in the skies at dawn and at sunset.
Dawn on Coppet Hill (Goodrich, Herefordshire) and the sun setting in Cheltenham (my new home). I'll forever be inspired by the ever-changing beautiful colours in the skies at dawn and at sunset.
A Brief Visit to Bamberg, Germany
July '16
My summer of little trips abroad has begun... beginning with a few days in Bamberg, a beautiful town in northern Bavaria, Germany which sits on seven hills. I enjoyed exploring the cobbled streets, the mix of architecture and soaking up the magical 'fairytale' atmosphere of the old town with the river running through it. A very picturesque, pretty town.
My summer of little trips abroad has begun... beginning with a few days in Bamberg, a beautiful town in northern Bavaria, Germany which sits on seven hills. I enjoyed exploring the cobbled streets, the mix of architecture and soaking up the magical 'fairytale' atmosphere of the old town with the river running through it. A very picturesque, pretty town.
Bjarke Ingels' Serpentine Gallery Pavilion
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July '16
Bjarke Ingels' Serpentine Gallery Pavilion is "mountainous outside and cavernous inside". He has used stacks of fiberglass boxes to create a huge undulating structure. |
MISSONI ART COLOUR
May '16
I couldn't visit London without paying a trip to the recently opened Missoni knitwear exhibition at the Fashion and Textile Museum.
KNITTING: MATERIAL AND COLOUR
'I would like to describe visually the fascination of a creative process that leads to the physical transformation of material. It is the mystique of colour taking shape. There is experimentation, the repetitive process of infinite research, the obsession that builds experience. It is the art of creating a fabric'. Luca Missoni
I couldn't visit London without paying a trip to the recently opened Missoni knitwear exhibition at the Fashion and Textile Museum.
KNITTING: MATERIAL AND COLOUR
'I would like to describe visually the fascination of a creative process that leads to the physical transformation of material. It is the mystique of colour taking shape. There is experimentation, the repetitive process of infinite research, the obsession that builds experience. It is the art of creating a fabric'. Luca Missoni
Beautiful IstanbulApril '16
I first fell in love with Istanbul back in 2012, and have just returned from a flying visit with work to visit suppliers. I enjoyed soaking up the atmosphere by the Bosphorous and seeing the distinctive silhouettes of the mosques in the evening sunset. |
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year
April '16
I always enjoy going to this exhibition at the National History Museum in London.
A few of my favourite images....
I always enjoy going to this exhibition at the National History Museum in London.
A few of my favourite images....
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Asian AnticsMarch '16
My first work trip was a whistle-stop tour of Asia to visit factories and suppliers, as well as research and inspiration for designing the next season. In 2 weeks, we visited India, Hong Kong, China and Japan. I've been to India as part of my Gap Year and it was as crazy and chaotic as I remembered it! It was my first time to Hong Kong, China and Japan, and I particularly loved Tokyo. Japan is a place that has never been on my list of places to visit, but I definitely want to explore more... |
