My latest bird sculpture: a half-scale model in a decorative decoy style of a drake Goldeneye duck, created from polymer clay and realistically painted with acrylics. Since first posting it on here I’ve made a further refinement to this sculpture … Continue reading
It was late afternoon, and I was on my way back from a walk around the fields after the first significant snowfall here for seven years. Long, pastel blue shadows of trees inched their way down the hill as the … Continue reading
I’ve finally got round to something I’ve been meaning to do for a long time, and revamped my Etsy shop. The main reason for this was to sell my moth and butterfly jewellery (see example below), but there are also … Continue reading
The delivery man glanced up from sorting out paperwork for the fridge he’d just wheeled in from his van. “Nice view you’ve got there,” he said, looking down the garden to the field beyond. I politely concurred, suspecting that he … Continue reading
It was warm as I got out of the car to the cascading trill of a Wood Warbler singing nearby. As I climbed the steep, slate-strewn path the birdlife changed with altitude: Redstarts in the sunlit hawthorns and Curlews in … Continue reading
My painted pebbles have been very popular recently – these two (Badger and Otter) are the only ones I have left for sale at the moment, out of about 30 I’ve done so far. Both are about 2.5 x 2 … Continue reading
It felt strange seeing stubble in the fields in July. Every previous year we’ve lived here there’s been either winter wheat or oilseed rape in the fields behind the house, but this year I was pleased to see barley for … Continue reading
It almost always comes as a surprise to those uninitiated in ‘The Way of the Moth’ to learn that there are so many day-flying species. Most people, if they think of moths at all, picture a drab, nocturnal insect, which … Continue reading