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I moved to the beautiful area of Fife in the Winter of 2023 and the rhythms of the river Tay ebb and flow with my new life. I was amazed the Tay sources from Ben Lui in Argyll.
A little of my previous landscape flowing through each day. The old and the new merging seamlessly into the future. I am slowly rooting myself into this fertile soil and rich community. My stories share my work and my life which are integral to my being.

Tales of Heartfelt Studio and garden magic

Indigo and its many delights
November 2024

Blue, a visible colouring our landscape. Sea and sky, river and flower and yet elusive when it comes to capturing that colour into a viable lasting range of shades.In the history of Scotland the plant discovered for that purpose was Woad.I grow this biennial plant in my garden and this year was seed year so next year should be a good cropping time.This year I grew two varieties of Japanese Indigo and also propagated many of the Indigo Tinctoria tree, a graceful and happy plant. It is now mid November and I still am cropping my Indigo plants for fresh leaves and the seed is ripening.

We think blue with Indigo but in fact it produces many different colours depending on the method of extracting dye-from salted methods to fermentations of vats. A glorious plant to immerse yourself in and easy to grow from seed or cuttings in our Scottish climate. The frost will come and I know these nurtured Japanese plants will not survive our winter. What they leave behind is pure magic.

Icelandic Sheep wool

Felting this fabulous fibre

September and October 2024

Ullarvikan á Suðurlandi 2024 // South Iceland Wool Week 2024 was a total immersion into the Icelandic Sheep. The festival started with the Sheep Colour Show at Árbæjarhjáleiga and a colourful array of sheep with beautiful sheep matched the stunning jumpers worn by the locals

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