A new series of blog posts documenting cool things I've seen, been inspired by and want to share each week. Instead of filling your inbox with another newsletter or your feed with more stuff.
This past week ... February 18th 2026
An ongoing collaboration with Paris and Tom Roche ,who came to me with a timely creative pitch, is all coming together for a new project. Paris had unknowingly climbed inside my brain, unjumbled it, picked out the good stuff, added some excellent ideas and presented it to me all wrapped up with a beautiful branded vision. Which in turn unblocked my creative block. Thank you Paris!
It's a rare and talented skill this creative duo has, watch this space ....
New look for the website, I love my black borders that remind me of film photography and want to build this space with the energy I used to have blogging way back when I was excited about my work and experimenting with designs.
Please bare with me whilst I tinker, shopping can still continue.
Working on 'From the Source' a new project. Literally going back to the black page of my sketchbook. My head has been so full of noise lately and I want to take inspirations from the real world that surrounds me. The landscape, the natural fibres, the beauty.
I've been thinking a lot about a sketchbook I filled on art foundation, with white plaster of paris, paper draped shapes.
I miss that time where inspirations came from materials, galleries, books, films, music, magazines, piers and tutors all organically coming together for work that would only be shown to a few.
I visited the wonderful Fernhill Farm just a short while away up on the Mendip Hills. Jess and her team in collaboration with the Southwest are an inspiration for farming and fibre production. I am very into their beautiful wool now.
I also visited Blacklands Alpacas, also just a skip away and spent the day with Pat a woman inspiringly passionate about with alpacas for good reason. The sweetest of animals with hair like the softest cashmere. Pat showed me hand spinning (this is a skill that needs weeks of practice to get going) and hand weaving, incredibly inspiring.
I'm hammering some more nails in the coffin that contains my social media.
I enjoyed Wuthering Heights, cinematic, romantic joy and yes I have read (listened to) the full book. The bitching and moaning that flooded my feed this morning felt depressing, choking.
Good books, magazines, films don't feel like wasting your time, like socials do.
I've forgotten what thoughts were mine and which came from instagram and that's not a great place to be. Hammer, Hammer , Hammer!
Instagram Pros - being able to view great designers, stylists, artists work all around the world and being inspired. Seeing different perspectives from around the world. Connecting with other creatives. Being able to share my work with people who might like it.
Instagram Cons - suggested posts, ads, a dumb trend that creeps into everyone's feeds making everyone the same, doom scrolling, forgetting what I was doing, comments from assholes, opinions from assholes, messages from assholes, powerful assholes ruining the world and affecting peoples lives, people bitching and moaning, genocide next to pretty dresses and scrolling on (that's fucked up), worrying what people will think all the time, worrying I'm encouraging people to doom scroll along too, lack of freedom of thought, encouraging the evil tech bros.
I could just pay for it? But noooooo .... welcome to my brain!
Some cool things from this week ....
Film of the Week - Wuthering Heights (at the Everyman) For me, it was a great two hours of cinema and a break from the misery of every day. Thank you Emerald Fennell. I thought there were many, many layers of visual story telling at its best and a mood / tone captured perfectly. Jangling pearls and
Music - Nirvana - Bleach (running or screaming)
Charlie XCX - Wuthering Heights soundtrack (lying on the floor)
Aretha Franklin - Young gifted and Black Album (driving in the hills) heaven.
Book - Wuthering Heights unabridged on BBC sounds I'm the slowest reader in the world but the audio book is great for slow readers or busy eyes. I would have never approached this without seeing the film trailer. It unlocked the tone I needed after giving up at the first page numerous times before.
Artwork - Stations of the Spectrum by Jo Baer
Podcast - Business of fashion Imran Ahmed Lessons on Purpose, Restraint and Responsibility.
Doing with my hands - learning to knit, so I can't use my phone!
Learning - about local and natural textile fibres to inform my work - wool Southwest Fibreshed
Garment of the week - Simone Rocha's frilly running shorts ( I would totally run faster in these, I know I would)