It’s over! 52 weeks of creativity – I have a smile on my face from ear to ear. It doesn’t seem that long ago that I thought up the idea on a whim and launched in to the project blindly with no thought about what I was doing and why. I’m pleased it’s over, glad I did it and completed it, and fully fuelled for … Continue reading Make 52 – Week 52 : ‘Meet Beryl’

The penultimate blog! 51 weeks and things have finally caught up with me, I’m absolutely shattered and a little germy so sadly Andrew Till week wasn’t a huge event – I need to conserve energy for week 52. I’d allotted Tuesday as ‘Make’ day, however by the time I’d arranged to drop off remaining Christmas orders and the rest of my festive cards I was … Continue reading Make 52 – Week 51 : Andrew Till

If you’d have known me at the age of 24 then you would have seen me with an old clunky SLR permanently around my neck – I loved photography. I had no idea what all the buttons did, or anything technical about this creative pursuit, I just merely loved ‘clicking.’ This love of taking pictures meant that as time passed my pictures improved just through … Continue reading Make 52 – Week 50 : Photography

I’m beginning to think there is nothing an old issue of the Beano can’t look good on, it’s a creative winner every time. That stack of old issues I purchased on ebay came in to play again this week. A final one for the children in my life, this week’s Make was inspired by the last Craft Club of the year. The plan was to … Continue reading Make 52 – Week 49 : Kids Craft at Christmas

A ‘Monday morning’ Make this week, sometimes I’ve found it’s nice to get them done and dusted early on. It’s a way of starting the week on a creative high, it also get’s it off my mind, clearing plenty of space in my head for thinking about my business – I’ve been doing plenty of that lately. So this week I took part in one … Continue reading Make 52 – Week 48 : Kathryn Arbon

Nearly there! Following last week’s fretting about ‘what’s the Arts Council going to think’, ‘will it make a good exhibition’, etc, etc…. I received a wonderful, enthusiastic and supportive message from a fellow artist and fan of my 52’s – her Marmite analogy placed everything in to perspective. There’s five weeks left, I’m nearly there, it’s too late to fret now anyway so I’ll just … Continue reading Make 52 – Week 47 : Julie Arkell

A week of assemblage and fantastic home made soup. For Make 46 I was happy to be able to work with Jenny Adams in her brand new studio – it’s first creative outing! I met Jenny over five years ago when I first began working at Walford Mill. We hit it off as friends and she became a valuable mentor to me not only in … Continue reading Make 52 – Week 46 : Jenny Adams

I had a nice, productive and I have to say it ‘crafty’ week this week… sorry Christine, I know you hate to add a ‘y’ on the end of the word. This week’s Make saw me recycle and reinvent some previous unsold work to produce more affordable items for a Charity Craft Sale I will be taking part in at Durlston Castle during their opening … Continue reading Make 52 – Week 45 : Reinvent for WaterAid

Well, what can I say, this had to be one of the most exciting, fulfilling and successful weeks. Yesterday I stationed myself in the gallery at Walford Mill with a past colleague, Simon Meanwell-Ralph. Since leaving Walford Mill Simon has set up a successful  and captivating mini empire named Marvellous Millinery – seriously if you’re looking for some fabulous headwear, look no further. Now I … Continue reading Make 52 – Week 44 : Simon Meanwell-Ralph