The other day I looked at my tangled collection of zippers. Vintage zippers in old packaging. Zippers reclaimed from garments. Discarded...

For my studio design I started with pattern 104 Site Repair. 'Buildings must always be built on those parts of the land which are in the...

I used the 'Pattern Language' system for designing the reworking of our back yard and the conceptual design of my new studio. Christopher...

Two workers from Edibella Organic Landscapes  constructed fences to protect the trees next to the construction site. Michael Cowan, owner...

Tom continued scraping the grass and top soil off the back yard lawn, which is the first stage of the Back Yard Project. Tom is amazing...

The big and exciting news in my life is I am getting a studio built. So far it has taken many hours of planning, discussion and decision...

I spent 2 days getting the Victoria College of Art's Lower Studio ready for teaching in this spring term. This is the before shot. Day 2...

Sorting threads and yarns into 24 colour hues. Each pile gets put in its own bin. The stage where things look worse before they start...

The last bit of machine sewing resulted in a satisfying number of empty spools. I do enjoy using my stash of resources. I sent a swatch...

In between sorting and putting away resources I would go out and shovel. One time, after coming back inside, I found the mending pile had...

I am taking my time cleaning up my studio because it is giving me time to think - the type of thinking that goes on when my hands are...

My drawing desk.  Notice the drafting board is empty.  I completed the final assignment, presented it.... ...and graduated. For the past...

This used to be the admin area in my studio until I moved it outside my main studio room. In the process of moving out. I didn't decided...

With my new sewing machine in hospital, I hauled out my old one to continue the cord making.No sooner had I started to sew when I smelt a...