A Willow Armchair and Whistlejacket

For the last week I have had many thoughts whirling round and around in my head and every time I have released them, tumbling, sprawling onto a page, I have felt a brief relief, before regretting the deluge and immediately deleting the offending words, sentences and...

A Willow Armchair At Listoke Gallery

Yesterday was opening night of The Winter Exhibition at Listoke Gallery, and it was brimming over with good cheer, excited chatter and laughter; no doubt aided by Juliet’s scrumptious mince pies and mulled wine. Our taste buds sated by the wondrous fare laid on...

Listoke Gallery Christmas Exhibition

A little while ago I made a submission to the Winter Exhibition at Listoke House and Art Gallery.  I agonised over the submission form and accompanying email, attached, deleted, reattached, re-deleted photographs before finally and uncertainly clicking the send...

Reverie In Willow – Pt 2

I spent a long time in the company of this chair, just looking at and sitting in it, before I finished it.  Part of me wanted to just leave it in its natural state, untouched, unadorned, as nature intended the wood to be; but, the other part of me could not resist...

Reverie In Willow – Pt 1

I find myself being drawn more and more to working with Willow, reading about Willow, learning about Willow, and just sitting with Willow.  The more I work, read, learn, and sit, the more deeply enamoured of this beautiful wood I become.  It is truly magical and...

Making Childhood Memories – The Ending

Yew The Tree Of Life Offers protection, gentle change, rebirth, longevity, possibly immortality –  and, hope for Lovers. I spent a long time looking into the grain on the seat of this chair; looking directly from above I was lost in terraced paddy fields...

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