no drill required

Some things take a long time to come to fruition. You may remember that I decided back in February to put some of my creatures into boxes, to turn them into wall art. With that in mind over the course of … Continue reading

how small is too small?

I am, in the big scheme of things, quite obsessed with small things. It’s funny, I must be in my second childhood, as I was always very keen on miniature stuff when I was little. I have just made a second set of … Continue reading

pocket bears

As a child, I remember reading a story in which one of the characters, a boy, carried about a little white mouse in his pocket. I can’t remember which story it was, but I remember being quite impressed by that particular … Continue reading

making faces

Sometimes, what should be easy, just… isn’t. After faffing about trying to make something new involving wire, which just didn’t work, I had a brainwave. I’d made a big batch of petals and I decided instead to use them to upscale my petal … Continue reading

disembodied

I’ve never liked taxidermy. Being a vegetarian for many years, I never felt that I would want to decorate my house with dead animals, any more than I would want to boil them up for dinner. But I have to admit, I … Continue reading

cheeky

Short term memory. It’s a mystery to me. I used to remember things. Years ago, when I worked in a bookshop, I could hold numerous ten-digit ISBNs (International Standard Book Numbers) in my head. They just sort of popped up when … Continue reading