I’ve have an exciting challenge for the New Year - my first solo exhibition in April of this year. The venue is the Artistsmeet Gallery at the Watersmeet Arts Centre in Rickmansworth.

Well, after months of making and planning the Collected, Captured, Cast Exhibition is open to visitors at Gunby Hall. I can’t believe it’s nearly two weeks ago that I travelled up to Gunby Hall in Lincolnshire, where Su France, Helen Wilde and I spent the day hanging work and making the gallery ready for visitors. 

It’s not long now until this year’s Contemporary Textiles Fair which takes place at the Landmark Arts Centre in Teddington in just a few weeks’ time (see details below). This will be the second time that I’ve had a stand at this Fair. I’m looking forward to being part of a show again that champions Textile Art in all it’s forms.

Well, after the excitement of my son's amazing GCSE results a couple of weeks’ ago, the last week of the holidays was meant to be a gentle easing back into the usual school routine. sorting out the school uniform, making sure the kids have lunch money etc, etc. However, it's not turned out that way.

I've been expanding my horizons over the past couple of months and rekindled an old passion of mine, for printmaking. Long before I discovered textile art, and still worked at the BBC in London, I enrolled on a printing-making evening class at Camden Arts Centre.

Soon, it will be time to for me to head into London with a boot-full of stock and props for the Contemporary Textiles Fair. I’m both excited and nervous at the prospect of taking part in this all-textile event. It should be a really good opportunity to meet some fellow-artists and to try out some new designs on some textile-loving customers.

I’m busy at the moment, really busy. It’s just a couple of weeks until Herts Open Studios starts and I’m only just getting round to firing my ceramics work ready to have on display.