A curious tale

When I signed up for the Curiosity project, devised by Tiffany Grant-Riley : a dream that became a global reality last year, I had no idea that in the search for a gift that was to be sent to an anonymous recipient it would inspire my friend and to take a little walk...

You never know where your childhood love will take you.

photo credit: Mary Anglberger As a teenager, my mother asked the local potter if I could come down on a Saturday morning and “work” in the pottery. Those mornings were spent in the two roomed building of the woman artist’s pottery studio. She would throw the pots that...

A Conversation with Brigitte Martin online Gallery curator, jeweler and author

Where are you on your creative journey? A day or two back, I sat beside a graphic designer editing some photographs, well actually a lot of photographs, beautifully taken, to fit a specific project. We have worked in this way for the past few years now. I have learnt...

A conversation with sculptor and jeweller Harriete Estel Berman

  The conversation I share today was recorded earlier this year – I listened to it again and I realised how relevant it is to right now but possibly, for most of us, it will be relevant at many different stages in our lives. As an artist, wife, mother,...

” Well if you are dyslexic, it must be a really mild form of it…” Dyxlexia Awareness Week 2012

  During the summer I was sent a book for review; Forgotten Letters: An Anthology of Literature by Dyslexic Writers. When I first heard of this book my instant reaction was: what benefit is it to anyone to be labeled as a dyslexic writer? Does it not immediately give...