Shamefully I have not blogged for so long now I almost forgot how! Im finding it increasingly hard to multi task to the degree that Im doing now so something had to slip!
Studio is comiing along nicely - insulation is in, electricity will be next as well as water, my lovely old vintage belfast sink has been sitting patiently under one of my tree ferns growing soft moss...

I feel the urge to create new patterns, inspiration has come from a variety of places, I made an incredibly simple lino cut of cherry blossom based on one of my vintage kashigata (Japanese sweet molds) in fact it was so simple that after making some prints of it I decided to add a touch more detail around the stamen.
Next I want to make a bird pattern, something large and striking with blossom and paisley entwined in wings, beak and feathers......