Studio Journal

Has the recent warm weather changed your creative routine? Explore how the seasons affect creativity and why inspiration often appears when we least expect it.

The creative process isn’t always neat or predictable. In this piece, I explore the quieter side of making—the uncertainty, the layering, and the small decisions that shape a piece long before it’s finished.

Explore how a quiet, grey day at sea becomes a source of creative focus for textile artists. Learn how to review travel photos for inspiration, plan abstract stitched pieces, create workshop content, and combine imagery to develop meaningful textile art using hand and machine techniques.

Discover how the quiet beauty of Akureyri, Iceland can inspire textile art. Learn how to use moody skies, reflections, and natural textures from travel photos to create layered, atmospheric stitched pieces. Perfect for textile artists exploring line, colour, and texture in design.

Discover how letting fabric and materials guide your textile design process can lead to more intuitive, expressive, and surprising outcomes — no sketchbook required.