When I graduated from the
University of the West of England, I moved back to London to live with my mum.
I had only just discovered and learned of enamelling seven months before
leaving Bristol. Enamelling is a technique based on applying powdered glass
that is fused to metal when fired between 750 to 900 degrees Celsius. The result
of this craft was exciting and I based all my last projects on combining the
way I draw into making enamels.

As I as settled back into the
city, I couldn’t find my way round to getting back into making enamels. So I
moved away from art and started child minding. As time passed I missed making
art and directed myself into being creative at home. Over the years I’ve tried
many crafts to find a style for my writing or the way I draw such as creating
collages, making collagraphs and lino prints, creating a whole book out of
fabric and sowing, to enamelling. I’ve kept scraps and most of the materials
from each experimental phase in boxes. 

I decided to make homemade
Christmas cards to send to family and friends and looked through the boxes for
inspiration and stumbled across some linoleum. 
I instinctively felt motivated to make prints and so I carved a
snowflake and mistletoe to make the cards as shown in the photographs.

Making those cards reminded
me how important making handcrafted art is to me. I always liked drawing and
painting but making art that is more technical such as printing or enamelling stimulates
me more. Both crafts require a lot of patience, you never know how the end results
may turn and you get surprises which is extremely thrilling and satisfying.