It was a happy afternoon with sieve and riddlemaker Steve Overthrow watching him steam and bend ash to form hoops for his riddles and...

It was a great privilege to spend time at John Boyd Textiles in Castle Cary, the historic company still weaving horsehair on their...

What a wonderful journey I've had during the past two years, visiting traditional craftspeople in Somerset. The journey to the Two...

Basketmakers who made baskets years ago were having to work fast to make a living and they had to make baskets a set size for a secific...

I spent a wonderful day recently with Michael Fairfax. His studio is in a wooded valley on the edge of the Brendon Hills and it is full...

A wonderful morning with Andrew Ziminski in his workshop in Frome as he worked on a relief carving in Bath Stone. Sun streamed into the...

I told a friend I had spent a morning with a brushmaker locally and she looked surprised. Yes, it's quite something that alongside our...

Last week I was out with Michael near Queen Camel. It was a misty morning . Michael was laying a hedge.The ancient hillfort, Cadbury...

This month I finished a charcoal drawing of Diana Robertson, a beekeeper, coiling a straw bee skep.

I’ve started another journey. I’m going out with people who work with their hands using skills passed down through generations.