recent teacup doodles

Bright..

Here are some of my favorite washed out colours.

My cousin didn't quite understand why I wanted him

strategically standing there for so long while I took

some snaps.

tea in Lyme Regis

At the Easter break I caught a few days in Lyme Regis and totally fell in love with the vintage (and faux vintage) shops they had their. The highlight was stumbling upon this wonderful establishment - The Mill Tea & Dining Room - we stopped to have morning tea and after seeing the electric collection of tea cups on display, returned that evening for one of the tastiest most satisfying meals I've ever had in a restaurant.

If your in the area The Mill Tea & Dining room is defiantly recommended (yes it is pricey but the experience is so worth it).

check out their website

Decommissioned Domestics

'Decommissioned Domestics' is the title of a new project I'm currently developing for our second year, 7-week self-directed. I hope to spend time in our ceramics & metals workshops, making work that explores themes of innate fragility related to family heirlooms and ceramic antiques, which become stripped of their primary function through an owners over sentimentality towards achieving them.

glaze tests

Yes, it is geeky to get excited about glaze tests but check these bad boys out...

what's in your attic?

My friend was lucky enough to get a job this summer doing property maintenance for an estate agents, in the process of repairing and removing unwanted furniture and abandoned belongings from the houses, he came across some real gems. Lucky enough he's a generous bloke and let his mates sift through the detritus he saved from the skips. I got these vintage celebration cards... and the loan of the 20 seater dinning room table. Score.

santa baby, just one more little thing...

This Christmas I rekindled a somewhat dormant passion for dressmaking, after doing a bit of a Gok with a sequined bolero from H&M and a beaded neck piece my mum had tucked away in her bits-draw. So, with the encouragement of a close friend, who I will refer to as the eBay queen, I'm going to make a kind of New Year's resolution to buy less from the highroad and haunt Brighton's vintage and charity shops more. I might even challenge my time with a few old Vogue patterns. But, first things first, I need a dressmakers dummy.