Studio Sneak Peeks
A blog about my work, research and processes. Printmaking, collage, drawing, folktales, history and wildlife.
Of Harvest and Hedgerow
Our modern relationship with hedgerows is largely positive with the popularity of foraging growing as people strive to reconnect with nature and the past. However I was surprised to find that hedgerows were often feared in the past as they symbolised boundaries between the safe, ordered fields and the wild world beyond.
The Quickening
This illustration was first inspired by the true account of Elizabeth Woodcock, a Cambridgeshire Woman who, in 1799 got buried in the snow where she remained, alive, for 8 whole days before being rescued.
Bride and the Cailleach
Have you ever noticed, in the early part of the year, how as the days begin to grow longer, the wind blows colder and harder?