Journal

Here you’ll find my ramblings on things that interest me on my artist journey; art, random musings, wildlife, nature, my works, and even what happens behind the scenes.

I love sharing my experiences and keeping you updated on what’s happening in my creative world. It’s not just about keeping you in the loop, but also helps me to remember and reflect on the moments along the pathway (the older I get, the more I forget!)

Bronze horse head sculpture

Lunar Year of The Fire Horse

Female Sparrowhawk sat on a branch in my garden

Female Sparrowhawk in the garden

A pair of Woodpigeons loving each other on a wooden fence

Valentines in the wild

A Starling bird perched on a bush in the sunshine

RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch

A Grey seal pup's nose in black and white

Donna Nook Seals Visit 2025

Small bronze Kingfisher sculpture

My first torched patina attempt - bronze Kingfisher sculpture

WWT Slimbridge Exhibition

WWT Slimbridge Exhibition

Bee on a sunflower in a field of sunflowers

Sunflowers

Common Blue Butterfly against a blue sky

Common Blue Butterfly

Glazing in the Workshop

Glazing in the Workshop

A bumble bee bum sticking out of a Himalayan Balsam flower

Bees in reverse - adorable bees in flowers photos

Shrew in my kitchen

There's a Shrew in my kitchen

Long Tailed Tits on a garden bird feeder

Garden Birds - who is visiting this Autumn?

Juvenile Robin looking at the camera with his head tilted

A visit to RSPB Old Moor

Peacock Butterfly

Butterfly photos from my August walks

Two Sand Martin chicks in a nest hole

Bridlington Bird Watching

Another visit to Bempton Cliffs

Another visit to Bempton Cliffs

Knock me down with a feather

Knock me down with a feather

Young Gannet flying over the blue sea at Bempton Cliffs

The Birds I saw at Bridlington

Chris Packham and Shelby Grant holding one of my little ceramic fox sculptures

Chris Packham and Shelby Grant with little Foxy

A Curlew on a wall with wings outstretched

A wild week - wildlife spotting in June

A Puffin standing on a cliff with his wings outstretched

Flippy Flappy - a bronze Puffin sculpture story

A Toad on dry mud

Toad Patrol Roundup 2025

Baby hedgehog amongst some newspapers

Hedgehog Awareness Week

Wildlife I've met this spring week in Yorkshire

Wildlife I've met this spring week in Yorkshire

Dawn Chorus

Dawn Chorus

Gannets collecting grass as nesting materials

Spotlight on Bempton Cliffs - sculpture inspiration

Bunnies are for life, not just for Easter

Bunnies are for life, not just for Easter

Ceramic sculptures in the kiln

That’s just the clay it is

Sarah Brabbin hugging her bronze hare sculpture

A spotlight on my bronze hare sculpture

Small ceramic Puffin sculpture on a white background

Bempton Cliffs Puffin Workshop

Thank you.

Thank you.

February Nature Walk

February Nature Walk

Buzzards behind the studio

Buzzards behind the studio

A Rook mobbing a Buzzard

Buzzard Bonanza - Buzzards over the studio

Hand glazing the eyes on a seal pup ceramic

Glazing behind the scenes - in the studio

New little videos!

New little videos!

Me with Keith Brymer Jones

An evening with Keith Brymer Jones

Chris Packham signing one of my ceramic foxes for a fundraiser for Protect The Wild

Chris Packham signed Foxy!

Ceramic Puffin sculprture in a metallic glaze with the wings outstretched

Puffin Migration to … Australia? Can Puffins Fly?

Young fluffy Gannet chick with two adults on a cliff

Fluffy chicks at RSPB Bempton Cliffs

Bronze Owl sculpture

Celebrating International Owl Day

WWT Slimbridge Art exhibition space with my work on plinths

WWT Slimbridge Art Exhibition

My hand reaching for a lump of clay while making critters

Making of the joyful critters - they're not fragile!

Come see me at Global BirdFair 2024

Come see me at Global BirdFair 2024

Fledgling Great Tit

The studio fledglings!

RHS Malvern, and everything else

RHS Malvern, and everything else

Rescue Goosander chick

When is a goose not a goose?

Make friends with molluscs – RHS & Wildlife Trusts team up!

Make friends with molluscs – RHS & Wildlife Trusts team up!

A female toad giving a male toad a lift on her back on their way to the breeding ground

Toads and frogs and newts oh my!