Pricing is probably one of the most difficult parts of any creative business, and I’ve advised many others over the years that we make it more difficult by trying to be our own customer.

A few moths ago, a client came to my studio with both arms in casts, having suffered an accident on holiday. This was obviously bad enough in itself, but unfortunately her platinum wedding and engagement rings needed to be cut off, and as usual, making a neat job of this wasn’t really the hospital’s priority!

Trying out something new and trying to link up my blog and social media a bit more…

I thought it was about time I wrote something new on my blog as I’ve been a bit quiet on here since July. The summer always seems to be so short, and as I look out onto a very rainy September morning, it really feels like Autumn is starting to settle in...

I want to say a huge thank you to everyone that visited me, Beca and Sarah during our Open Studio week…

I’m absolutely thrilled to have been shortlisted for Green Business of The Year in the Gloucestershire Business Awards!

I haven’t written a blog since before Christmas, not really out of choice, I’ve had all sorts of not very nice stuff to deal with, that’s still ongoing, but as they say…’the show must go on’…

On the 7th December 2023 I was awarded joint winner of the British Hallmarking Council’s HALO Award!

I started writing this blog, intending to write a review of my first experience exhibiting at H-art (Herefordshire Art Week), but it’s gone off on a bit of a tangent.…