Category: Original Artworks

Collaborative Construct Flagg For a couple of years now Peak District Artisans have been running a collaboration project where artists of different disciplines work together to create works which combine their skills. In 2024 I worked with Natasha Braithewaite, adding stitch embelishment to her cyanotypes on fabric, having also added stitch to my own gel… Continue reading Collaborative Construct

Plumbum Ascendens Magpie Mine Another work featuring the iconic Magpie Mine Plumbum Ascendens depicts the pit head winding wheel. Stitched on hessian fabric for its industrial aesthetic I have used a new skein of “rust” inspired wool (also used in Fenestra Selvagge)

Finestra Selvagge Somewhere in Italy In a break from my usual creative process Finestra Selvagge (Wild Window) was inspired by an image, not seen and photographed by me, but shared on Mastodon by Janine Pendleton, @ObsidianUrbex The inspirational photograph depicted Greenhouse Rosa, an abandoned glasshouse located in a picturesque thermal spa town in Italy and… Continue reading Finestra Selvagge

Crinkle Crankle Cusp Hopton Hall My third entry for Hopton Hall’s annual Month of Art competition depicts part of the famous Crinkle Crankle wall. The term Cusp refers to a point on a curve where a moving point must reverse direction – in other words the point at which two of the curving walls meet.

Rose Rapell Hopton Hall My submission for the annual Hopton Hall Month of Art in 2025 again draws its name from a rock climbing term. It depicts a climbing rose abseiling (rapelling) down from an archway through the wall of the rose gardens Rose Rapell was purchased by the owners of Hopton Hall and is… Continue reading Rose Rapell

Hand Wash, No Spin Sheepwash Bridge, Ashford in the Water Sheepwash Bridge is an iconic landmark in the Peak District. This work focusses on just part of the bridge during early autumn

This Ol’ House Bakewell Old House Museum This commissioned piece shows the front elevation of Bakewell Old House Museum. A long building, added to over the years, it sits in a narrow lane above Bakewell Church. This view of the front can only be seen with artistic lincence as a “stitched panorama” The original Tudor… Continue reading This Ol House

Temple to Hyacinthus Renishaw Hall This second piece, inspired by the beautiful woodland gardens of Renishaw Hall, features the Temple folly at the end of Camelia Walk. Hyacinthus is the greek god for whom the hyacinth family (which inludes bluebells) is named This piece was created especially for the PDA Midsummer Art at Renishaw Hall… Continue reading Temple to Hyacinthus

Bluebells Outback Renishaw Hall As well as beautiful formal gardens, Renishaw Hall bosts extensive woodland which in spring are carpeted with bluebells. This piece was created especially for the PDA Midsummer Art at Renishaw Hall exhibition in June 2025 and forms a pair with Temple to Hiacynthus.