Elle Deco, France.

I´m really pleased to see that one of my lamps has made it into Elle Decoration, France this month, thanks to Serendipity, Paris- (www.serendipity.fr)They are currently selling a range of my designs.

Lessons in Rococo.

I´ve just spent a week of afternoons with a Mayan lady called Erika from the highlands of Guatemala teaching me some traditional embroidery techniques.
This is Rococo and Tapita, it is a technique used on all traditional dress.
It´s really inspired me to experiment with this technique and try different materials, perhaps on a bigger scale.
It´s unbelievable the time it takes! A lot of textiles in Guatemala is now done by machine but you can really tell the difference, hand made is far more beautiful.
I also spent time this week visiting other traditional artists in the highlands- a toy maker, who works with white pine and a potter.

Traditional designs.

Simple techniques.

Learning simple embroidery texniques.

Book update!

I´m pleased to say I´ve just recieved some sale figures from A&C Black for my book ´Mixed Media and Found Materials´ and around 1500 books have been sold since September, a lot to the US which is exciting! So very pleased about that! It´s still available to buy from www.acblack.com