They’re here! The Humpback whales are back in St Helena’s warm waters once again, visiting us from July through to November/December. (Pic courtesy of Neil Fantom) I remember being 10 years old walking out from the swimming pool with a friend along the seafront (it’s what you do on St Helena as kids – practically live at the swimming pool), when we saw this strange looking black thing that resembled a tail just randomly sticking out of the water in the shallow waters of James

I was first introduced to working with metal clay in 2011 when I attended a course in the UK which taught me the basics of working with precious metal clay and fused glass. Since the moment I worked with it and fired it in my kiln - I was in love. You see, I'm told the clever Japanese came up with this stuff called 'precious metal clay' which allows you to manipulate and hand-sculpt a piece of clay that was is actually precious metal in clay form. How clever is that! If yo

Well these past 3 weeks have meant that my kilns at the Studio have been working in overdrive. June definitely slipped by way too quickly. Speaking of Studio, my hands have been getting real messy working on the new metal clay designs, together with cutting glass for fusing. You can see more 'behind the scenes' at my Studio in a video clip I posted recently which shows my kiln and some of the work I will be taking with me to the UK. <<Watch video clip Here>> Before and A