Busy Busy Bee

Cream and Brown are two colours that I love to mingle together. I actually had been trying to make pieces that could use both these colours but didn't see it happening for this project. So this was a very happy accident. This piece is a neckpiece (not completely finished), and if I had time I think i would have enjoyed making a few more pieces in this style, oh well!

The list just keeps getting longer and longer (degree show must do's) however I'm going to reward my hard work(?) with some baking come sunday as I have the whole place to myself, and therefore all the baking results must too be all for myself, mmm. That thought presses me on to get in to uni this morning and make some stuff! Must go...

Showtime!

The countdown has begun - five weeks to go until degree show 2008. I'm hoping to have all the work I planned finished by this time, which seems to always take me a lot longer than I had anticipated. I think I must work at the rate of a sloth.


This here is my postcard image, which unbelievably took a lot of tweaking and probably will still print very differently. I chose this image as it's one that I did at the beginning of fourth year, but eight months on with a splash of strawberry tartan it has much more character.


After Uni I would like to keep this theme going and apply it not only to traveller imagery but to themes such as history, flora, fauna, baking, and unsurprisingly tea drinking. Preferably they would be related to Scotland, requiring many a mini break to an isolated west coast island.

Easter - another baking excuse!

Who doesn't love easter related sweets? To make a change from chocolate eggs I decided to make these little gems and force feed my family when I go home this weekend. I'm sure they won't mind overly?


Traditionally eggs were used to represent fertitility, which the Christians adopted to symbolise their saviour's resurrection. In Germany eggs are painted green and eaten on Maudy Thursday. Meanwhile they are painted red in Greece to represent Christ's blood. In Britain the practice of painting eggs bold colours dates back to the middle ages to celebrate the reurn of sunshine in spring!


I however have chosen to celebrate sweet-tooths, and free weekends. Although I always welcome the resurgence of colour that springtime brings. Happy Easter!

Sundays = Indulgence Days

I seem to be indulging myself more and more these days with my two friends, cake and tea. In fact I'm indulging more than is humanly safe to do so! My teeth are going to regret my youth...

Well spring is beginning to stir it's sleepy head at last, I was even able to pinch a few plum blossom sprigs for my flat-bonus! Thus inspiring me to enhance the smell of the flat with banana loaf cakiness. Unfortunately this means I have to eat the cakiness, but I'm sure I'll manage, somehow.

Cake for a friend

Blue and cream, they go together as well as blueberries and soft cheese icing. I made this hearty tea time stomach bulger for a beautiful travelling lady called Jess Smith. She and her man Davie were great hosts, and made me feel really relaxed and welcome.

I've suddenly realised, quite late actually that fruit and baking are my favourite things to create in le kitchen and this area is teeming with hedgerow pickings in the autumn. This could become quite an addictive past-time...

Baking and Making

Cake Fridays at uni require a willing classmate to donate a yummy cake for us all to gorge on, this week was my call. I went for a fresh recipe-a bit of a gamble- but it all turned out well, thank goodness. There's a lot of pressure with 12 hungry faces awaiting the first piece!

It's a cherry cake, as you may have guessed, with a crumble like top, I love it when baking goes well! As does my stomach.

Tis windy up north

Recent example of some illustrations I'm using for my fourth year work. I really enjoy drawing, in fact I realy really enjoy doodling when it goes well. I've been trying to draw this image for weeks and all of a sudden I managed, and no red wine involved!