Dear friend,

I hope this finds you well and safe at home. I hope you are navigating these uncertain times with compassion and gentleness for yourself and each other.

Many of the workshops and projects I would normally be writing to you about at this time of year have been cancelled or postponed. All of us have had to adapt, flex and shift our normal way of living and working.

I’ve found it challenging but I'm determined to see it as an opportunity to learn new skills, mostly involving my computer! This is an area of my working life that I tend to avoid so getting to grips with new software to digitalise my patterns, understanding new capabilities of my website and zooming for the first time & it’s etiquette have definitely pushed me out of my comfort zone.

All any of us can do is our best in this situation and try to be as positive as possible.           

This year Cornwall’s Open Studio event has been rescheduled for the end of August and hopefully this will go ahead. I will of course write about this nearer the time with specifics, so please look out on the blog for that.

I’m really excited about this year’s event as it’s a departure from what I have done in the past. I’m collaborating with two amazing artists, Fiona and Rachel Thomas.

Our work shares themes around nature and the changing seasons, the passage of time and our place within it. We complement each other nicely. Recording nature through our own art practice creates a map of sorts, way markers of our journey through the year... and what a year it’s turning out to be.

My studio in Redruth will be given a fresh makeover to give a blank canvas for us and our work. We look forward to seeing you later on in the year.