Welcome to my portfolio, highlighting examples of some of my work. A selection is available to purchase now in my online shop.
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Limpets & Barnacles
My limpets are based on the Eurasian limpet, Patella Vulgata and the common barnacle, balanus perforatus.
Handcrafted felt is made using the wet felting technique with layers of Merino wool fibres, nepps and hand dyed silk to create lots of texture and interest. The limpets are hand stitched with artisan painted merino wool thread. FSC certified forest framing.
This picture is available in my SHOP
#225
A Sunny Day in June #2 Tuesday - A walk in the Dales, the abundance of hedgerow flowers are at their best this time of year, cow parsley, wild geranium and buttercups bring the rolling landscape to life.
The second of seven works each representing a day during one week in June.
Handcrafted felt using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres . Finished using free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching.
This picture has SOLD
#207
Three Limpets
The fourth of my limpet studies.
Inspiration comes from daily walks on my local beach. I often pick up a limpet shell and like to study their unique mark making. No two are the same! I especially love the beach at low tide, investigating the rock pools.
This study looks at the limpets as the tide is turning, semi submerged in water a time when they are active and able to feed. Did you know limpets have teeth and are able to travel on the rock surface in search of food. They have a very powerful foot that enables them to cling onto the rock surface during strong tidal currents. I find them fascinating!
My limpets are based on the Eurasian limpet, Patella Vulgata
This picture is available in my SHOP
#224
Summer Meadow
Inspired by early summer walks along the hedgerow where the cow parsley, wild mustard and forget-me-nots swaying gently in the breeze.
Handcrafted felt is made using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres and silk. Using both free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching with linen, silk and wool threads. Presented in a deep box frame, with plenty of space around to set off the work.
Overall Frame Size 33.5 x 33.5 cm x 3cm deep box frame
Actual work size approx 24 x 24 cm
Work has been photographed before glazing
This picture is available in my SHOP
#236
Forget-me-not
A larger version of my forget-me-not designs. A much loved and symbolic flower, many countries have folklore about Forget-me-nots (Myosotis). Here in the UK I love to see them running wild in woodlands from mid spring through to early summer.
Representative of love and friendship, giving someone this flower means you truly love and respect them, a testament to your relationship that you will never forget them in your thoughts
Handcrafted felt using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres and silk . Finished using free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching.
Photo shown before glazing
Overall Frame Size 26 x 26 cm
Actual work size 11 x 11 cm
This picture is available in my SHOP
#220
Golden Lichens
Inspired by lichens growing on a drystone wall. While out walking it is worth slowing down and taking a closer look, there are hundreds of species in the UK alone. Lichens are widely used as environmental indicators or bio-indicators.
My studies are not intended to be direct facsimiles, instead I take inspiration from their form, colour and patterns and interpret that in my handcrafted felt and embroidery.
The felt is made using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres and silk. Hand embroidered with fly stitch.
Actual work size 14 x 14 cm
This work has SOLD
Take Nine
9 Original handcrafted felt mini works. Inspired by flowers and the hedgerow.
Handcrafted felt using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres . Finished using free motion machine embroidery and hand stitched flowers.
Many hours goes into producing a piece of work so I only produce a few mini works each year.
framed in simple white box frame 12.5 x 12.5 cm (5 x 5 inches)
With a mount (matt) that I have written the title and signed.
Actual work size 5 x 5 cm (2 x 2 inches)
All SOLD thank you!
Three Limpets
The fourth of my limpet studies.
Inspiration comes from daily walks on my local beach. I often pick up a limpet shell and like to study their unique mark making. No two are the same! I especially love the beach at low tide, investigating the rock pools.
This study looks at the limpets as the tide is turning, semi submerged in water a time when they are active and able to feed. Did you know limpets have teeth and are able to travel on the rock surface in search of food. They have a very powerful foot that enables them to cling onto the rock surface during strong tidal currents. I find them fascinating!
My limpets are based on the Eurasian limpet, Patella Vulgata
This picture is available in my SHOP
#224
Rock Pools
The third of my limpet & barnacle studies.
Inspiration comes from daily walks on my local beach. I often pick up a limpet shell and like to study their unique mark making. No two are the same! I especially love the beach at low tides, investigating the rock pools, this always reminds me of a very happy childhood.
My limpets are based on the Eurasian limpet, Patella Vulgata
Many hours goes into producing a piece of work.
Rock Pools has been professionally framed in a good quality deep box frame
Overall Frame Size 33.5 x 33.5 cm x 3cm deep box frame
Actual work size approx 21 x 21 cm
This picture is available in my SHOP
#209
Spindrift
Capturing those magical moments walking on the beach on a breezy day when the light falls in a certain way illuminating the spindrift from the top of an incoming wave, a spectrum of blues and aqua colours are fleetingly visible before the wave finally tips throwing up bubbles of spray. I love walking the beach on days like these, the sights and sounds of the crashing waves are very uplifting!
Hand crafted felt using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres and silk .
Spindrift has been professionally framed and is ready to hang, framing is a black wooden frame which has been mounted in soft white matt, the title of the piece and my signature. The picture is ready to hang.
Overall Frame Size 30 x 30 x 1 cm.
Actual picture size (mount opening) 20 x 20 cm
This picture has SOLD
#211
Bransdale is a peaceful little dale on the North York Moors National Park in the UK. Often overlooked by tourists in the summer, it makes for a lovely walk.
Handcrafted felt using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres . Finished using free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching. Lots of texture in this one!
Overall Frame Size 26 x 26 cm
Actual work size 14 x 14 cm
This picture is available in my shop
#205
Forget-me-not
A larger version of my forget-me-not designs. A much loved and symbolic flower, many countries have folklore about Forget-me-nots (Myosotis). Here in the UK I love to see them running wild in woodlands from mid spring through to early summer.
Representative of love and friendship, giving someone this flower means you truly love and respect them, a testament to your relationship that you will never forget them in your thoughts
Handcrafted felt using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres and silk . Finished using free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching.
This picture has SOLD
#219
Limpets & Barnacles
As featured in Be Creative with Workbox Magazine Issue 195 January 2021
Inspiration comes from my daily walks on my local beach. I often pick up a limpet shell and like to study their unique mark making. No two are the same! I especially love the beach at low tides, investigating the rock pools, this always reminds me of a very happy childhood.
My limpets are based on the Eurasian limpet, Patella Vulgata
Handcrafted felt is made using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres and silk. Hand stitched with cotton, linen and wool threads. The work has a depth of approximately 2cm deep and is presented in a deep box frame, with plenty of space around to set off the work.
Many hours goes into producing a piece of work.
Limpets & Barnacles has been professionally framed in a good quality deep box frame, the frame is 3.5cm deep to accommodate the work. It has been double mounted and sits on another mount board which I have written the title of the work and signed, glazed and sealed, ready to hang. An authentication label which I have also signed along with description and methodology is included.
Overall Frame Size 34.5 x 34.5 cm x 3.5cm deep box frame
Actual work size approx 18 x 18 cm
Work has been photographed before glazing and sealing of frame.
This picture has now SOLD
#195
Poppies
A walk through the sand dunes at Bamburgh, Northumberland was the inspiration behind this piece. Masses of poppies and cow parsley were growing amongst the grasses, a joy to walk among and certainly photograph! It was so uplifting I just had to recreate in felt.
Handcrafted felt using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres, nepps and silk .
Embroidered with hand dyed merino wool .
Professionally framed in a beautiful bare faced oak wooden frame with a double mount board which I have written the title of the work and signed.
Overall Frame Size 26 x 26 cm
Actual work size 14 x 14 cm
This picture has SOLD
#201
A Sunny Day in June
#1 Monday - A walk in the Dales, the abundance of hedgerow flowers are at their best this time of year, cow parsley, wild geranium and buttercups bring the rolling landscape to life.
The first of seven works each representing a day during one week in June.
Handcrafted felt using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres . Finished using free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching.
Overall Frame Size 26 x 26 cm
Actual work size 12 x 12 cm
This work has now SOLD
#198
Forget-me-not
A much loved and symbolic flower, many countries have folklore about Forget-me-nots (Myosotis). Here in the UK I love to see them running wild in woodlands from mid spring through to early summer.
Representative of love and friendship, giving someone this flower means you truly love and respect them, a testament to your relationship that you will never forget them in your thoughts
Handcrafted felt using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres . Finished using free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching.
Overall Frame Size 26 x 26 cm
Actual work size 12 x 12 cm
This picture has SOLD
#204
Sea Thrift (No.2)
Inspired by a summer walk on the coastal path. Blue sky, blue sea, sound of the waves lapping on the shore below and clumps of sea thrift bobbing gently in the breeze. My kind of walk!
Handcrafted felt using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres . Finished using free motion machine embroidery and hand stitched flowers with cotton and silk threads.
Sea Thrift has been professionally framed in a blue/grey wooden frame with a double mount board.
Overall Frame Size 26 x 26 cm
Actual work size 14 x 14 cm
This picture has SOLD
#196
A Walk in the Dale
Inspired by an early summer day walking in the Dales. The cow parsley has grown so tall swaying gently in the breeze.
Days like these do not get much better!
Handcrafted felt using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres . Finished using free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching.
Along the Dale has been professionally framed in a blue/grey moulded wooden frame with a double mount board which I have written the title of the work and signed. The frame is of good quality. An authentication label which I have also signed along with description and methodology is included.
Overall Frame Size 26 x 26 cm
Actual work size 14 x 14 cm
This picture has SOLD
#186
Borrowdale Lichens
The second in my series of Moss and Lichen studies based on a drystone wall in Borrowdale, Cumbria. Inspiration photographs can be found HEREon my photography page.
While out walking it is worth slowing down and taking a closer look, there are hundreds of species in the UK alone. Lichens are widely used as environmental indicators or bio-indicators.
My studies are not intended to be direct facsimiles, instead I take inspiration from their form, colour and patterns and interpret that in my handcrafted felt and embroidery.
The felt is made using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres and silk. Stitched using free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching.
Borrowdale Lichens has been professionally framed in a beautiful bare faced oak wooden frame with a double mount
Overall Frame Size 26 x 26 cm
Actual work size 14 x 14 cm
This picture has SOLD
#193
As featured in Be Creative with Workbox Magazine Issue 195 January 2021
Winter Tree
This original larger version of my popular lone tree snow scenes, depicting a tree in the Dale. This picture is one of my greeting card designs for 2020.
Wet felted from Merino wool fibres with free motion machine embroidery.
Overall Frame Size 30 x 30 x 2 cm.
This picture is professionally framed, in a grained black frame with a soft grey mount.
Title of work and signature are written on the mount.
(Worldwide shipping available)
This picture is available in my SHOP
Limpets and Barnacles (unframed)
Hand made felt using Corriedale fibres. Hand stitched using rare breed wool and hand dyed cotton and silk threads. Inspired by my recent move to the beautiful North Yorkshire Coast.
30.5 x 13 x3cm (approx)
This work has now SOLD #197
This picture has SOLD
#188
Tree in the Dale
I love the form of old Ash trees in wintertime. They are one of the last trees to get leaves in Springtime and one of the first to drop leaves in the Autumn but they do provide a great habitat for so much wildlife. Under threat of Ash dieback the UK could potentially loose up to 80% of these magnificent trees changing the landscape quite dramatically in some areas🌳
Wet felted with free motion machine embroidery. Did you know I stitch trees upside down!
Professionally framed in a beautiful bare faced oak wooden frame with a double mount board
Overall frame size: 38 x 26 cm
Actual work size: 25.5 x 13.5 cm
This picture has SOLD
#145
Sea Thrift
Inspired by a summer walk on the coastal path. Blue sky, blue sea, sound of the waves lapping on the shore below and clumps of sea thrift bobbing gently in the breeze. My kind of walk!
Handcrafted felt using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres . Finished using hand stitched flowers with cotton and wool threads.
Sea Thrift has been professionally framed in a blue/grey moulded wooden frame with a double mount board which I have written the title of the work and signed. The frame is of good quality. An authentication label which I have also signed along with description and methodology is included.
Photo shown before glazing
Overall Frame Size 26 x 26 cm
Actual work size 14 x 14 cm
This picture has SOLD
#194
8 Greeting Cards Designs -
To purchase a pack of 8 card designs please click my website shop
Please email me if you are interested in stocking my cards. Thank you
A Summer Picnic I
Warm summer days with friends in the rolling countryside enjoying a picnic, was the inspiration for this new landscape.
Handcrafted using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres . Stitched using free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching.
A Summer Picnic has been professionally framed in a blue/grey moulded wooden frame with a double mount board which I have written the title of the work and signed. The frame is of good quality. An authentication label which I have also signed along with description and methodology is included.
Overall Frame Size 25 x 25 x 2.5cm
Actual work size 10 x 10 cm
This picture has SOLD
As featured in Be Creative with Workbox Magazine Issue 195 January 2021
Moss and Lichen Study
I often stop to photograph moss and lichen on a gatepost or a drystone wall, I love the exquisite detail, they are often overlooked.
Using just three stitches, fly, bullion and French knot stitched into handmade felt with silk.
NFS
A greeting Card is available for this design click here for my shop
Borrowdale Lichens
The first in my series of Moss and Lichen studies based on a drystone wall in Borrowdale, Cumbria. Inspiration photographs can be found HEREon my photography page.
While out walking it is worth slowing down and taking a closer look, there are hundreds of species in the UK alone. Lichens are widely used as environmental indicators or bio-indicators.
My studies are not intended to be direct facsimiles, instead I take inspiration from their form, colour and patterns and interpret that in my handcrafted felt and embroidery.
The felt is made using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres and silk. Stitched using free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching.
Borrowdale Lichens has been professionally framed in a beautiful bare faced oak wooden frame with a double mount
Overall Frame Size 26 x 26 cm
Actual work size 14 x 14 cm
This picture has SOLD
#192
Autumn in Bow Woods
The second in my series of studies at Bow Woods, depicting the fabulous array of golden deciduous foliage.
Wet felted from Merino wool fibres and silk threads with free motion machine embroidery
Overall Frame Size: 32 x 31 x 2cm
Professionally framed in a bare faced oak frame
As featured in Be Creative with Workbox Magazine Issue 195 January 2021
Inspired by early summer days walking on the coastal path, the buttercups and cow parsley swaying gently in the breeze, days like these do not get much better!
Handmade felt, entirely wet felted fusing Merino wool and silk fibres.
The work comes in a professional bare faced oak frame. The complimentary natural frame has been not been waxed or varnished so the true grain of the wood shows through complimenting the natural wool. These frames are of a high quality. The picture is ready to hang.
Frame overall measurements: 37.5 x 19.5 cm
Actual work measurements: 29 x 10.5 cm
This picture has now SOLD
Along the Dale
My latest Dales inspired landscape. Late Spring is a wonderful time of year in the Dales, the hedgerow flowers are in full force a joy to walk among.
Handcrafted felt using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres . Finished using free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching.
Along the Dale has been professionally framed in a blue/grey moulded wooden frame with a double mount board which I have written the title of the work and signed. The frame is of good quality. An authentication label which I have also signed along with description and methodology is included.
Overall Frame Size 25 x 25 x 2.5cm
Actual work size 14 x 14 cm
This picture has now SOLD
#179
Peace amongst the Daisies
Peaceful walks in the countryside are often more rewarding when we take our time to notice the smaller details nature presents to us.
Handcrafted using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres . Finished with free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching using cotton and linen threads.
Professionally framed in a blue/grey moulded wooden frame with a double mount board
Overall Frame Size 26 x 26 cm
Actual work size 10 x 10 cm
This picture is has now SOLD
Jewel Garden (a)
A larger version of my Jewel Garden pictures. Inspiration was taken from one of my favourite gardens in late June when the perennial borders are at their finest. There is a garden chair set amongst the cottage flowers, so while seated the colours and perfume seem to surround the sitter and offer a different perspective. Just lovely.
Using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres and silk . Stitched using free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching.
Jewel Garden has been professionally framed in a beautiful bare faced oak wooden frame with a double mount board.
Overall Frame Size 26 x 26 cm
Actual work size 14 x 14 cm
This picture has now SOLD
#181
Summer Picnic II
Warm summer days with friends in the rolling countryside enjoying a picnic, was the inspiration for this new landscape.
Handcrafted using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres . Stitched using free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching.
A Summer Picnic has been professionally framed in a blue/grey moulded wooden frame with a double mount board which I have written the title of the work and signed. The frame is of good quality. An authentication label which I have also signed along with description and methodology is included.
Overall Frame Size 26 x 26 cm
Actual work size 10 x 10 cm
#191
Muscari
One of my handmade felt and stitch pictures depicting Muscari (Grape Hyacinth) flowers that grow in my garden.
Handmade felt using Merino wool and silk fibres, then free motion machine stitched with the addition of a little hand stitching.
This picture has been professionally framed, in a wood grained black frame with a double white mount.
Title of work and signature are written on the mount. This picture has now SOLD
Jewel Garden (b)
A larger version of my Jewel Garden pictures. Inspiration was taken from one of my favourite gardens in late June when the perennial borders are at their finest. There is a garden chair set amongst the cottage flowers, so while seated the colours and perfume seem to surround the sitter and offer a different perspective. Just lovely.
Using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres and silk . Stitched using free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching.
Jewel Garden has been professionally framed in a beautiful bare faced oak wooden frame with a double mount board which I have written the title of the work and signed.
Overall Frame Size 26 x 26 cm
Actual work size 14 x 14 cm
This picture has now SOLD
#182
'Jewel Garden'
Just four works in the series (Clockwise from top left: 1,2,4,3) Inspiration was taken from one of my favourite gardens in late June when the perennial borders are at their finest. There is a garden chair set amongst the cottage flowers, so while seated the colours and perfume seem to surround the sitter and offer a different perspective. Just lovely.
Using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres and silk . Stitched using free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching.
Jewel Garden series were professionally framed in a blue/grey moulded wooden frame
Overall Frame Size 26 x26cm
Actual work size 10 x 10 cm
These pictures have now SOLD
The Coastal Path
Inspired by early summer days walking the coastal path, the buttercups and cow parsley swaying gently in the breeze, days like these do not get much better!
Handmade felt using Merino wool fibres finished with free motion machine embroidery.
This picture has been mounted on a matt board with a top mount. It is ready for you to pop into a frame of your choice. The title of the work is written on the mount. An authentification label is provided for you to attach to the back of your chosen frame. (Frame is not included)
External Mount Size: 40 x 30 cm
Overall work size 28.5 x 19.5 cm
This work has now SOLD
April Flowers
Inspired by the vibrant wild spring flowers and grasses that grow along the dry stone walls around my home. Handcrafted felt using Merino and silk, with free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching.
Overall Frame Size: 58 x 28 x 2cm
Professionally framed, bare face oak frame, mounted on a soft white conservation board.
This picture has now SOLD
Edge of the Moor
Wild flowers growing amongst the Ling Heather on the edge of the Moor. The purple heather blankets the moors in mid August, always an anticipated sight.
Local bee keepers often bring their hives onto the moor this time of year the nectar from the heather makes lovely honey.
Hand crafted felt made from merino and silk fibres using the wet felting technique. The work is finished with free motion machine embroidered with rayon threads to catch the light and finished with hand stitching.
Framed in an oak effect frame, sealed, ready to hang, with an authentication label and methodology leaflet.
Overall Frame Size 30 x 25 cm
Actual work size 16 x 11 cm
This picture has SOLD
Summer Meadow V
Inspiration for these new works was taken from the hedgerows around my home. Using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres . Stitched using free motion machine embroidery and a little hand stitching.
Many hours goes into producing a piece of work.
Summer Meadow V has been professionally framed in a blue/grey moulded wooden frame with a double mount board which I have written the title of the work and signed.
Overall Frame Size 25 x 25 x 2.5cm
Actual work size 10 x 10 cm
Summer Meadow series No I-V have all SOLD
‘Sea Thrift at Flamborough’
As featured in Be Creative with Workbox Magazine Issue 195 out 16th December 2020.
My latest work, entirely wet felted with free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching.
This is one of my favourite beaches to visit on a sunny day, the contrast of the chalky white cliffs against the blue sea is lovely. I don’t often walk on the beach here but prefer instead to walk along the cliffs, it’s so pretty especially when the sea thrift is in flower🌸
The work measures approx. 49 x 29 cm max.
This picture has SOLD
Late Summer
Inspired by a walk on the moors.
Handmade felt using Merino and Corriedale wool fibres finished with free motion machine embroidery and a hand stitched fence.
Overall frame Size: 31 x 31 x 2 cm
Professionally framed in a steel grey painted wooden frame with a soft grey mount mount board.
Title of work and signature are written on the mount.
This picture has SOLD
Inspiration for 'Hedgerow II' was taken from the Cow Parsley and Buttercups growing in the hedgerow by my home. Using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres. Stitched using free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching.
Many hours goes into producing a piece of work.
Overall Frame Size 26 x 26 cm
Overall Work Size 10 x 10cm
This work has now SOLD
Moss and Lichen Study
(As featured in Be Creative with Workbox Magazine Issue 195 - January 2021 )
I often stop to photograph moss and lichen on a gatepost or a drystone wall, I love the exquisite detail, they are often overlooked.
Using just three stitches, fly, bullion and French knot stitched into handmade felt with silk.
Overall Work Size: 34 x 18cm
NFS
A greeting Card is available for this design click here for my shop
Hedgerows III
Inspiration for 'Hedgerow' was taken from the Cow Parsley and Buttercups growing in the hedgerow by my home. Using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres. Stitched using free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching.
Many hours goes into producing a piece of work.
'Hedgerows' has been professionally framed in a blue/grey moulded wooden frame with a double mount board which I have written the title of the work and signed.
Overall Frame Size 26 x 26 cm
Overall Work Size 9 x 9 cm
This picture was supplied in good faith to Illinois, NOT paid for. Lesson learnt!
Buttercup Fields
Celebrating the masses of buttercups and daisies in the wildflower meadows that surround my home in springtime, a welcome treat after the long winter months.
Made from Merino fibres and silk with free motion machine embroidery completed with hand embroidered daisies.
Overall Size: 53cm x 26 cm Frame: Professionally framed, painted white washed solid wood frame, with sage acid free mount.
This picture has SOLD
Buttercup Fields
Overall Size: 53cm x 26 x 1cm
Frame: Professionally framed, painted white washed solid wood frame, with sage acid free mount
This picture has SOLD
Hedgerow I
Inspiration for 'Hedgerow I' was taken from the Cow Parsley and Buttercups growing in the hedgerow by my home. Using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres. Stitched using free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching.
Many hours goes into producing a piece of work.
Overall Frame Size 26 x 26 cm
Overall Work Size 10 x 10cm
This work has now SOLD
Seedheads
Textured soft pastel colours and silk form the background for this frosty morning inspired Seedhead picture. Using the wet felting technique with Merino wool and silk fibres. Entirely hand stitched using a selection of hand dyed silk and linen threads.
Professionally framed in a beautiful blue/grey moulded wooden frame with a complimentary soft grey mount. An authentication label which I have titled and signed along with description and methodology is included.
Overall Frame Size 26 x 26cm
Actual work size 12 x 12 cm
This picture has SOLD
Summer Meadow IV
Inspiration for my Summer Meadow series was taken from the hedgerows around my home. Using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres . Stitched using free motion machine embroidery and a little hand stitching.
Summer Meadow IV has been professionally framed with a double mount. See my shop for framing detail.
Overall Frame Size 26 x 26 cm
Actual work size 10 x 10 cm
This picture has SOLD
Bodmin Moor - Late Summer
(As featured in Be Creative with Workbox Magazine Issue 195 - January 2021 )
Capturing the essence of Bodmin moor in late summer when the gorse and heather are in bloom.
Entirely wet felted using Merino and Corriedale wool. Finished with free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching 50 x 40 cm
This work has SOLD
Winter in the Peaks
Inspired by a beautiful walk in freshly laid snow during the winter of 2018.
Handmade felt using Merino and Corriedale wool fibres finished with free motion machine embroidery using beautiful rayon threads that add a glisten to the frosty trees.
Overall frame Size: 67 x 31 x3 cm
Professionally framed in a pale grey grained deep wooden frame. Textured soft white mount board.
Title of work and signature are written on the mount (Photo shown is taken before glazing)
This picture has now SOLD
‘Sunshine and Showers Loch Torridon’
(As featured in Be Creative with Workbox Magazine Issue 195 - January 2021 )
Commissioned by a lovely customer who wanted to capture the ever changing light over the Loch.
Merino, Corriedale and silk fibres with free motion embroidery.
Size: 45 x 31 cm
This picture has now SOLD
A greeting Card is available for this design click here for my shop
Summer Meadow I - V
Inspiration for my Summer Meadow series was taken from the hedgerows around my home. Using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres . Stitched using free motion machine embroidery and a little hand stitching.
Actual work size 10 x 10 cm
No. I, II, III, IV, V have now SOLD
Seed Heads II
Textured soft pastel colours and silk form the background for this frosty morning inspired Seedhead picture. Using the wet felting technique with Merino wool and silk fibres. Entirely hand stitched using a selection of hand dyed silk and linen threads.
Professionally framed in a beautiful blue/grey moulded wooden frame with a complimentary soft grey mount. An authentication label which I have titled and signed along with description and methodology is included.
Overall Frame Size 26 x 26cm
Actual work size 12 x 12 cm
This picture has SOLD
#189
Moss and Lichen on a Gatepost.
A unique one off study. I love the exquisite detail of moss and lichens, often overlooked but worthy of a closer investigation! I often stop to photograph them, this particular study was inspired by the top of a gatepost I pass through on one of my walks.
Using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres and silk . Stitched using free motion machine embroidery to replicate the decaying top of the gatepost then hand stitched moss and lichen. There is a lot of depth to this work, creating the cushioning effect of the moss.
Many hours goes into producing a piece of work.
Actual work size approx 16 cm diameter
Bluebell Woods
Inspired by the masses of bluebells in springtime. Their aroma is wonderful. Spring is a special and long awaited time of the year, I love it when the sunlight filters through newly emerging fresh green leaves onto the carpet of blue below.
Wet felted from Merino wool fibres and silk threads with free motion machine embroidery.
Overall Frame Size: 32 x 31x 3cm
Professional grey grained wooden frame, with a white mount and black core. Title of work and signature are written on the mount (Photo shown is taken before glazing)
This picture has now SOLD
A greeting Card is available for this design click here for my shop
Late Summer
Inspiration was taken from a Summer walk, dodging the rain clouds and enjoying the light on the fields.
Handmade felt using Merino and silk fibres finished with free motion machine embroidery.
Overall frame Size: 37.5 x 31.5 cm
Actual Work size: 23.5 x 17.5 cm
This work has now SOLD
Summer Walks
Warm sunny days walking through the meadows, the Cow Parsley has grown so tall and strong this time of year, often towering above you. Its a lovely time of year.
Hand crafted felt using the wet felting technique with Merino wool fibres and silk . Stitched using free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching.
Many hours goes into producing a piece of work.
Summer Walks has been professionally framed in a blue/grey moulded wooden frame with a complimentary soft grey mount which I have written the title of the work and signed. The frame is of good quality. An authentication label which I have also signed along with description and methodology is included.
Overall Frame Size 31.5 x 31.5 cm
Actual work size 13.5 x 13.5 cm
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Three Buttercup and Daisy works mounted as a triptych. Each piece has been hand crafted using the wet felting technique from merino and silk fibres. I have then used free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching for the flower design.
The works are professionally framed in a beautiful bare faced oak frame.The mount board and top mount are a soft textured cream colour. I have added the title of the work and signed it. An authentication label which I also sign along with description and methodology is included.
(Photo shown is taken before glazing, to avoid reflections in the photograph) The picture is glazed and sealed on the back.
Frame overall measurements: 37 x 19 x 2cm
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Spring Tide I
One of two pictures influenced by the incoming Spring tide.
Layers of merino and silk fibres have been wet felted then machine embroidered with beautiful rayon threads. The thread and silk fibres add a light sheen to the work mimicking the light catching the sea foam crashing on to the beach.
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Moss and Lichen Study (triptych)
Three panels each work measuring approx. 10.5 x 13cm.
Please contact me for more information and additional photos.
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A Moorland Walk
Inspired by a walk on the North York Moors as the heather is just starting to bloom. The bees, Skylarks and Meadow Pipits are the only sound up here on a calm summer day, bliss!
Wet felted using Merino wool with free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching
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Cotoneaster
Inspired by the beautiful autumn berries of the Cotoneaster tree. The blackbirds in my garden love to eat them.
Handmade felt using Merino, Corriedale and silk fibres finished with hand stitching using hand dyed silk, wool and six strand cotton.
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Spring has Sprung!
Hand painted canvas with free motion embroidery, stitched entirely freehand on the reverse of the work using beautiful hand dyed linen threads.
Overall Frame Size: 37.5 x 26.5 x 2cm
Professionally framed in a bare faced oak frame, with a soft white textured mount.
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Sheep on the Moor
This is one of my original felt picture designs. This picture has been used as one of my greeting card designs for 2020. Depicting sheep on a snowy moorland landscape.
Entirely wet felted from Merino wool fibres and a touch of silk with free motion machine embroidery. Did you know I stitch trees upside down.
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A greeting Card is also available for this design
Along the Dale
Inspired by the beautiful rolling White Peak landscape and its many grazing sheep!
Handmade felt using Merino, Corriedale and silk fibres finished with free motion machine embroidery.
Overall Frame: 48.5cm x 28 x 2 cm
Framed in a professional bare faced oak frame, mounted in a soft textured white.
Title of work and signature are written on the mount (Photo shown is taken before glazing)
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The Parwich Murmuration
Those of you who know me or follow me on Instagram, will know that our village had a huge flock of visiting starlings displaying for us each evening above the village. One of Natures natural phenomenon a nightly spectacle I will always remember.
I felt compelled to create this piece. Hand crafted felt made from Merino wool, with hand and machine stitching.
Overall Frame Size: 49 x 19 x 1cm
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Autumn in the Dale
Lots of detail in this one, please zoom in to see. Wet felted using Wensleydale fibres, sari silk fabric, with free motion machine stitched Drystone walls, fence, hedges, birds and tree
Overall Frame: 51.5cm x 31 x 2 cm
Framed in a professional bare faced oak frame, double mounted in a soft textured cream.
Title of work and signature are written on the mount (Photo shown is taken before glazing)
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Cow Parsley
I wanted to capture majestic Cow Parsley seed heads in autumn time. They are one of my favourite hedgerow plants. I like to cut several stems for drying over the winter, I love their shape and form, especially their shadows under candle light.
Wet felted from Merino wool fibres with free motion machine embroidery
Overall Frame Size: 24 x 24 x 2 cm
Professionally framed in a beautiful bare faced oak frame with a double textured soft cream mount.
Title of work and signature are written on the mount
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The Limestone Way
Contemporary hand felted landscape, inspired by the abundance of Cow Parsley that grows by the dry stone walls along the Limestone Way in the Peak District .
Handmade wet felted picture made from luxurious merino wool tops and silk fibres, finished with free motion machine embroidery.
Overall Size: 52.5 x 28 x 2 cm
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Golden Hour
A frosty sunrise on an early morning walk.
Wet felted from Merino wool fibres and silk with free motion machine embroidery and a little hand stitch detail.
Overall Frame Size: 31.5 x 36 x 2cm
Professionally framed in a beautiful bare faced oak frame.
Title of work and signature are written on the mount
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The Old Beech Tree
Inspired by a lovely Beech tree near my home. Such magnificent trees all year round especially in the autumn time.
Handmade felt using the wet felting technique from Merino wool.
Finished with free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching.
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Rosebay Willowherb
I wanted to capture the masses of tall slender Rosebay Willowherb that grows along the trails adding a much needed splash of colour on a grey overcast day.
Wet felted from Merino wool fibres and silk with free motion machine embroidery
Overall Frame Size: 45.5cm x 41 x 2cm
Professionally framed in Harper Ash wooden frame with a soft white mount.
Title of work and signature are written on the mount (Photo shown is taken before glazing)
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Barn at Hartington
Hand felted with free motion machine stitching.
I have a real soft spot for these old run down barns in the Peak District, they are often accompanied with a tree besides them. These pictures have proved very popular so here is another one, this time at Hartington.
Overall Size: 27 x 27 x 3cm
Professional painted black grained wooden frame with white grey/blue mount. Acid free board.
Title of work and signature are written on the mount
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Summer Storm at Biggin
I love dark moody skies especially in early summer when the Buttercups dominate the landscape here in the Peak District. Painted canvas, free motion embroidery
Frame: 45.5 x 45.5 cm
Grey Wooden Frame.
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Winter Trees
Wet felted study of winter trees in the beautiful Derbyshire Dales.
Made from luxurious Merino, British breed Corriedale and Wensleydale wool with silk fibres, finished with free motion machine embroidery.
Overall Size: 51 x 30.5 x 3cm
Professionally framed Grey grained wooden deep frame, textured white mount with black core.
Title of work and signature are written on the mount (Photo shown is taken before glazing)
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Thorpe Cloud
This iconic peak in the beautiful Dovedale, towers above the river Dove and the enchanting stepping stones below.
Merino and silk fibres with free motion embroidery.
Mount opening 39 x 31cm
Framing info to follow<>
Title of work and signature are written on the mount
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Cow Parsley
One of my original mini felt and stitch landscape pictures.
The felt has been handcrafted using the wet felting technique, with hand stitched the grasses, cow parsley and buttercup flowers using a selection of natural threads. The work comes. The picture is ready to hang in a professional bare faced oak frame. Frame overall measurements: 21 x 17 x 1.5 cm
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Buttercup fields - Inspired by a walk on a storm day through the fields. I love the contrast of yellow buttercups against a darkening sky, the grasses and cow parsley swaying in the breeze. Hand made felt using Merino and silk fibres, with free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching.
The work measures approx. 44 x 18cm max.
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Buttercups and Daisies
A triptych of one of my popular designs, each piece of felt measures approx. 7.5cm x 7.5cm. Each piece of work has been created using the wet felting technique using Merino wool fibres and silk with free motion machine embroidery and finished with hand embroidery. (photographed before glazing)
Overall Frame Size: 37cm x 19cm x 2cm
Professionally framed in a beautiful bare faced oak frame with a double textured soft cream mount.
Title of work and signature are written on the mount . This picture has now SOLD
Cow Parsley
Unique original hand felted landscape picture, inspired by the abundance of Cow Parsley that grows by the mossy drystone walls in the Peak District in summer time.
Made from Merino fibres and silk with free motion machine embroidery.
Overall Frame Size: 56cm x 28 x 1cm
Professionally framed in painted white washed solid wood, with grey acid free mount.
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A greeting Card is available for this design click here for my shop
Hedgerow Flowers
Hand painted cotton canvas, then stencilled using leaves from my garden, with free motion machine embroidery, and hand embroidered seed stitch. Many layers and many techniques have gone into this piece of work.
Overall Frame Size: 42 x 32 cm
Overall work size: 26 x 19 cm
Framed in a simple Ikea frame.
Spring Tide II
One of two pictures influenced by the incoming Spring tide.
Layers of merino and silk fibres have been wet felted then machine embroidered with beautiful rayon threads. The thread and silk fibres add a light sheen to the work mimicking the light catching the sea foam crashing on to the beach.
Spring Tide II has now SOLD and now lives in Hawaii
Fields at Ballidon
Haymaking in the fields near Ballidon.
Made from luxurious Merino, British breed Corriedale and Wensleydale wool with silk fibres, finished with free motion machine embroidery
Overall Frame Size 39 x 31x 2 cm
Pale Grey Frame
Title of work and signature are written on the mount This picture has now SOLD
A Blustery Day
Inspired by a walk in the Derbyshire Dales.
Handmade felt (wet felting method) using Merino, Wensleydale and silk fibres finished with free motion machine embroidery.
Professionally framed in a bare faced oak wooden frame. Overall size: 48cm x 26.5 x 2 cm.
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Riber Castle 'Nearly Home'
A recent commission for a local author, depicting Riber Castle which sits in a prominent position above the town of Matlock. This picture was wet felted using Merino wool then free motion machine stitched.
Professionally mounted and framed
Size: 57 x 45cm
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Snowy Days
This is one of my popular 12 x 12 cm original hand felted pictures depicting a snowy winters day. Mounted on conservation board with a signed mount (23x23cm). This picture has now SOLD
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Heather on Headon Warren
Commissioned by a lovely customer who wanted to capture special family memories at Headon Warren on the Isle of Wight.
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Fields at Monyash
Inspired by the stripes the tractor was making as it was mowing the grass in a field ready for silaging. Monyash is another National Park village a few miles from my home.
Pale Grey Frame
Overall Size 39 x 31cm
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Snowy Days
Hand felted picture using Merino, silk and angelina fibres. Winter tree and dry stone wall are stitched using free motion machinery.
Size: mount opening (picture size) 12 x 12 cm.
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'Minninglow and the High Peak Trail’.
Minninglow is just 2 miles from where I live, a well loved feature on the landscape in our area, which on a clear day can be seen from the top of Mam Tor. It is a Neolithic and Bronze Age burial ground. A dominant feature on the landscape. This picture has now SOLD
Barn in the Dale
Unique original hand felted landscape picture, inspired by the many dilapidated barns and drystone walls in the Peak District.
Made from Merino fibres and silk with free motion machine embroidery.
Overall Size: 56 x 25 cm.
Frame: Black wood grain frame with dark grey mount board.
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Foxgloves
Hand felted with free motion machine stitching. Inspired by the swaying foxgloves that grow so tall in the lanes around my home. Lots of hand dyed curly rare breed Leicester Long wool tops have gone into this piece, creating the background movement .
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Top of the Dale
Inspired by the beautiful rolling Peak District countryside around Parwich
Handmade wet felted landscape made from luxurious merino wool tops and silk fibres, finished with free motion machine embroidery.
Overall Size: 52cm x 27cm
Frame: Professionally framed, painted white washed solid wood frame, with grey acid free conservation mount.
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A Greeting Card is available of this design. Click Here
Summer Hedgerow
Many of the hedgerows around Parwich are a riot of colour in summertime. I particularly love watching the tall grasses and cow parsley swaying in the wind. A joy to walk along the lane. Hand painted stitched canvas, with free motion machine embroidery.
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Foxgloves at Bradbourne
Unique original hand felted landscape picture depicting Peak District mossy limestone walls and wild Foxgloves made from Merino fibres and silk with free motion machine embroidery.
Overall Size: 54cm x 26cm
Frame: Professionally framed, painted white washed solid wood frame, with light grey acid free conservation mount
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A Winter Walk
A unique original hand felted landscape picture depicting the Ash trees that dominate the landscape in the southern area of the Peak District. Made from Merino fibres and silk with free motion machine embroidery.
Overall Size: 60cm x 28.5cm
Frame: Professionally framed, painted white washed solid wood frame, with grey acid free mount.
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Astonefield Barn
Inspired by a derelict barn on the path to Alstonefield in the Peak District. A lovely area for walking.
Overall Size: 30 x 28 cm
Frame: Professionally framed, black frame with grey mount
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Alstonefield Barn
Inspired by a derelict barn on the path to Alstonefield in the Peak District. A lovely area for walking.
Overall Size: 30 x 28 cm
Frame: Professionally framed, black frame with grey mount
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Foxgloves
Unique contemporary hand felted and embroidered picture depicting the colourful foxgloves that readily self-seed in my garden.
Overall Size: 42.5 x 32.5 cm
Frame: White box frame and white mount.
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The Marshes & Beyond the Marshes
A pair of hand painted textile portrait landscapes machine and hand stitched, inspired by a walk in the Staffordshire Moorlands when the Marsh Marigolds were in abundance.
Size: 56 x 25.5 cm
White washed frame, with white mount. These pictures have now SOLD
Buttercups and Daisies
A Greeting Card is available of this design. Click Here
The original picture has SOLD
A greeting Card is available for this design click here for my shop
Tulips
Unique hand felted and textile picture inspired by a trip last year to Keukenhof gardens in Lisse Netherlands. What an amazing place, I have never seen so much colour, acres and acres of beautifully manicured gardens a real showcase for the Dutch tulip industry.
Size: 56 x 25.5 cm
White washed frame, with white mount. This picture has now SOLD
Snow in Parwich
A unique original hand felted landscape picture inspired by a snowy walk around Parwich. Made from Merino fibres, silk and nepps, with free motion machine embroidery.
Size: 55 x 24.5 cm
Frame: Professionally framed, painted white washed solid wood frame, with grey acid free mount
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A Winters Day - Monochrome (Exhibited at The Green Man Gallery Buxton Spring Gathering Exhibition 2018)
A unique original hand felted landscape picture depicting the winter landscape in the southern area of the Peak District. Made from Merino, silk and Wensleydale fibres with free motion machine embroidery.
Overall Size: 42cm x 32cm
Frame: Black frame
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