I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t making and creating. It’s just who I am, but in a world overburdened with disposable consumption it feels really important to question what you make with as much consideration of process and end life of the product as possible. Questions I ask myself. Can I learn the skills to make it? Can I make it from materials that might ordinarily be discarded? Can I make it from materials that at end of life can be composted or recycled? Can I make

When we sailed back to Shetland after our year in Norway we had on board 14 old unwanted sewing machines. My husband had a plan, to start...

I am one of those folk who seems to repel electrical equipment. I was having this conversation with friends over a New Years Day dinner....

This is a wall of paper cut cast and characters and locations for The Muckle Stane a short film made in collaboration with Jenny Sturgeon...

It's 5am and I am in a marina on the outskirts of Alesund in my boat TessBess. I am delivering a workshop via Zoom to a group spread...

In the brief window of travel opportunity way back last Autumn, we set sail for Norway in our boat TessBess. This trip had been long...

One of the most enjoyable developments in my creative life is sharing my love of sketching outside through drawing workshops. At the...

I have been asked some questions lately that have got me pondering about life on a boat and why I am where I am. Family holidays were...

I made this piece a while ago whilst battling the wind to pull open a dog poo bag and hold onto it before it was whipped out of my hand....

Like everyone, I have had to inhabit a smaller environment, both socially and physically, like everyone I have had to look at it anew, to...

2020 is the year of Scotland's coasts and waters and as Storm Dennis arrived in Shetland I was happily watching, cosy in my lighthouse...

I work a lot with paper cutting, the boldness of the image appeals to me. I think it might have something to do with my love of the black...

"Sketching helps develop a number of different areas of your brain. You develop your ability to focus and pay attention, a skill that can...

This summer we sailed to the Faroes, we had been there last summer too and met some lovely families through 'workaways' where you...

Last summer, for the first time in decades, a cargo was delivered by sail boat to Hays Dock, Lerwick. It was all of the items for my...