I love art, and from a very young age I loved drawing and making. However, I found creativity to be quite intimidating. Any creative pusuit I tried, there was always someone else better. There were always loads of people better.
So it sort of felt that a creative life wasn’t for me. That I’d just bumble around trying to be one of those regular people. Turns out, I wasn’t particularly good at that either. The old creative brain always wanted me to push further and harder to something else.
My creative side did get some of it’s satisfaction from the hardest job I could have ever done – rescuing dogs. For over two decades, I helped rescue, rehabilitate and rehome over 4000 dogs. That required creative thinking, problem-solving and was an experience that can never be forgotten.
Throughout my life I’ve tinkered with art, music, writing and making stuff. I always feel happiest when I’m creating something. However, I’ve always looked at other artists and creators who are so much better and thought that I can’t possibly belong in that world.
Then I realised that it isn’t really up to me whether I belong.
After all, none of us are perfect. I don’t get to decide if I belong, all I can do is embrace the process of creating and put it out into the world.
Each creation is like a child and when you put it out there, it’s like sending them off to school for the first time. A nerve-wracking mixture of emotions as you wonder how they will fare alongside all those other artwork children being sent out into the big wide world.
I stumbled upon jewellery making quite by accident and ended up stumbling on a style I adore simply by experimenting with materials.
So, when you look through the site, I hope you’ll love looking at the pieces just as much as I enjoyed creating them.
How It All Began…
The Inspiration…
Van Gogh: Wheatfield With Crows
