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My latest bespoke lampshade is off to the US... I often send pieces to the United States but this is the first time I've sent a lampshade. On a visit to see family in the UK last June I met Tony and Judy James at my Open Studios, at which they purchased a set of Table Mats and Coasters. They kindly sent me pictures of the mats with the china plates they matched them to, at home in the US. While at the Open Studios they loved the Floor Standing Lamps and Lampshades commenting on the beautiful atmosphere they created...

Paint big, or not at all! That was my decision when embarking on doing more demonstrations at the art and design shows. So where a show organizer could accommodate a large demo area I went for it. The reasons were that most of my commissions are larger pieces now and I enjoy painting a piece that is so big 'I get lost in it' Although I have to do the outlining of a piece before I arrive at a show (a long job that takes great concentration) it is a  wonderful chance to show old and new customers how many...

This piece truly evolved as I painted it. I met John and Samantha who commissioned this piece at the Spring Craft in Focus Art and Design Show at RHS Wisley. Where they fell in love with this piece below called Divine Proportion (part of the Intertwined Shoals series of paintings) However they had been looking for a piece to go in their Living Room which was completely different colours. As many of you know this is my forte.... designing pieces the right design, size, shape and colours for a room. I suggested that I make a visit to there home...

Intrigued? So I found a little Ottoman in need of recovering and knew straight away which fabric I wanted to design for it.. It was practically shouting 'Cathedral' and I'd already designed the top fabric repeat plus lining in my head. Here have a little look at the lining design.... As I omitted to take a before photo of the small rectangular ottoman before i stripped it back to re- cover I shall skip ahead to talk about the Mini Me Ottoman. I found cute round footstool/ottoman which looked like this originally. Not pretty and no feet, soon rectified as...

Now this was so much fun to do! The brief for this 'Bespoke Order' was for a chair that was small enough to fit in a bedroom, with a seat high enough for an older person to get up from, in colours to match  the mainly plum coloured room, bringing in the colours of a grey and plum original painting featuring sleepy cats (bought previously from me) as well as to bring in a few complimentary colours to lift the room. So first I found a suitable chair to re upholster. I loved the contemporary shape of this one and ...