Lost & Found

James at Lost & Found has been selling my lamps for years and even though it's only in Holmfirth I had never been to visit. Until now.

How lovely it is.

He sells a mixture of old and new - furniture, art, craft, lighting and Annie Sloan paints.

Some things he reconditions and brings back to life himself so there are lots of one off pieces to be snapped up.

It's only small but packed full of carefully chosen gorgeousness...

some of which spills out into the street. 

My lamps illuminate their very own stairwell.

 I'm so glad we visited. Thanks James for the' red carpet treatment'. It was very nice to see you :)

The Fenwick Gallery

 It was a nice surprise to find that the closest shop to our holiday cottage in Northumberland sold my lamps!

This is The Fenwick Gallery in Warkworth.

It is run by mother and daughter Dorien and Nicole Fenwick, both artists themselves and their gallery has been open for 22 years! What a lovely pair they are. We had such a warm welcome and we had lots to chat about.

It was nice to discover that my lamps were in good company nestled in among lots of lovely work that I recognised like Samantha Bryans fairies.

They have a wonderful display of designer/maker jewellery.

The bird is by Becky Crow who is a favourite of mine.

Here are some pieces by Lynn Muir and Abbot and Elwood.

And some of Sarah Jane Browns driftwood sculptures and wire knitting.

Sarah McDade..she's from Hebden Bridge too.

and here are some dogs by our friend Olivia Brown.

I was rather taken by Nicoles pretty cards.

It's always so nice to see where my lamps are being sold. It made me feel at home in Warkworth. If you're ever visit you must pop in and say hello to these lovely people. And say hi from me. x

Adore Contemporary Boutique

I recently sent some lamps to a new stockist in Cornwall. Adore Contemporary Boutique in Falmouth has been recently opened by contemporary jeweller Jessica Hewitt who I know from doing the show circuit. What a lovely shop front it has.

And my lamps are happy to have their very own cupboard!

One day I WILL make it to Cornwall. In all my years I have never been. I like that my lamps have made it before I have!

Lighting up the Russian Tea Room

I have been working on some designs for the Russian Tea Room in Skipton which is due to open in December. They asked me to make lampshades for the tables in the cafe so I have been working on some designs based on traditional Russian folk art.

It's a nice subject to draw inspiration from with beautiful scrolling designs of flowers, leaves, birds and berries. This is the first design but there will be another four to come.

The Russian Tearoom already has one outlet in Bacup, Lancashire but they are opening their second cafe in the Yorkshire market town of Skipton and as well as the tearoom it will also have a shop and the lamps will be on sale there. Looks like it's going to be lovely.

New Stockists

I thought I'd share some of my new stockists with you as I am pleased to have some lamps in some great new locations. First up Nova Scotia, Canada! This is Dots & Loops Handmade and holds the record for being my most distant stockist.What an inspiring shopfront! I love it. They sell handmade goods from all over the world and I would very much like to visit! This photo montage came from www.thegoudalife.tumblr.com

Next up, Pippin in Edinburgh, a brand new gift and homewares shop opened by jeweller Erica Stahl. I will look forward to popping in when I go up and visit next time.

I'm pleased to be in Harrison Lord in Brighouse too after they ordered some work at GNCCF. My dear friend Kate Lycett talks highly of them as she sells many of her beautiful paintings there. (have a quick peep on her website, you might see the new paper lanterns that she's cooking up...they are soooo sweet and I'm going to have them at Radiance when they're ready).

And here we have my FIRST STOCKIST IN IRELAND! Hooray! Ireland always looked so bare on my stockist map and I thought it would be great to seek out some stockists, but as I hadn't got round to it I was very happy to take an order from this lovely gallery O'Reilly & Turpin in County Mayo. I'll be posting their order off next week.

Met someone at the show who distributes crafts to Japan too who I'm now in conversation with. Watch this space!

'Fresh', an exhibition at The New Leaf Gallery

I am pleased to be part of the 'Fresh' exhibition at The New Leaf Gallery in Monmouth. Isn't this a pretty flyer. It's nice to be alongside these two talented artist. I am loving the work of Clare Mahoney. Such beautiful pebbles. And the Jane Ormes prints are gorgeous. The exhibition starts on the 28th May and runs until the 9th July so if you're in the area to go and have a look. I wish I was closer as I'd very much like to see!

Oui Decor, new stockist in France

It was lovely to get these photographs through from my new (and first) stockist in France, 'Oui Decor'. They have only been open a couple of weeks but Jenny says the lamps are going down well so far!

Oui Decor, 32 Grand Rue, Sauze-Vaussais, 79190 FRANCE

Newby Hall

Today we visited Newby Hall. Daniel Hornsey who own Hornseys in Ripon a lovely gallery who have been selling my work for some time, recently (well I guess it's a couple of years now) started running the Shop at Newby Hall and now sells a wide selection of beautiful design led goods. We didn't visit the house itself (the gorgeous print above is by Ed Kluz) but the shop, garden and tea on the lawn was inspiration enough.


It was nice to see my lamps nestled in amongst friends. See the Lush design cushions and the Angie Lewin cards, all folk I sell at Radiance.

The gardens were lovely and peaceful and I'm glad I had my camera to capture the gorgeous colours.

I couldn't quite believe the colour and cuteness of these maple seeds.

The ferns were just beginning to unfurl.

The wild garlic was just beginning to flower.

Anyone know what this is. It was growing by the ponds (quite zoomed in here).

He is a fine fellow isn't he! He was noisy though!

This would be a lovely place to visit with young kids. They have sandpits and a lovely play area, lawns to run on and a little train that takes you round the gardens.

Dan reckons I should design a lamp especially for Newby Hall based on all the wondrous plants in the gardens. Sounds like a plan!

Any Toucan Fall In Love!

I sent some work off to the Rostra Gallery in Bath last week for their 'Any Toucan Fall In Love' exhibition. It's a lovely looking gallery and it's nice to be amongst friends (there are Louise Traill lights and Joanna Couplands birdies everywhere)! The exhibition runs until the 23rd February so if you're in that part of the world go and have a look. I wish I was because it looks very lovely indeed!

Stockists Map

I made this Google map of all my stockists for the new website which was fun to do ( I thought this would be really hard to do but it was really really easy). Nice to see how my stockists are spread out across the country (or not so spread out if you look at Yorkshire/Lancs). I can also see where the gaps are. Ireland? I need some lamps in Ireland don't I. Anyone got any ideas of pretty shops that might like some lamps???

I love that I have some right up in Orkney. That's like the cherry on the top!

Crafts In the Bay Festive Feast

I've just sent some lamps off to Cardiff to the Craft in the Bay Christmas Exhibition. There's a list of exhibitors here. Looks like it's going to be nice! Wish I could make it down. I like Cardiff!

Lovi Birds

These gorgeous birds from Lovi arrived at Radiance this week. They are a sort of flat packed postcard that you can build into this lovely bird shape. One of them is perching perfectly on one of my lamps! Very sweet.

The post show mayhem is dying down. My workshop is almost straight again. Most of my left over stock went off to three Christmas exhibitions yesterday. Farfield Mill, Ropewalk Contemporary Art & Craft and Bedazzled at The Yorkshire Craft Centre. Oh that's nice, I just discovered that Bradford and Farfield are both using lamp pictures on their front pages!

Right off to have a quick cuppa with the lovely Hannah Lawson in her new studio at Brooklyn Studios before she goes of to the Antarctic again!

This years trip to Hastings

I have just a had a few days away visiting my lovely friends Wendy and Chris in their gorgeous house in Hastings. (Have look at the post of our last visit cos there are lots of pictures...it's so lovely). Wendy has a brilliant eye for 'old stuff' - vintage, antiques and junk and her house is full of beautiful collections of things! Hastings is the perfect place for this as it is FULL of antique yards and shops in which to rummage! She has rummaged well and her house is very inspiring!



So we had to go for a good look around the shops. This was an amazing one - a mixture of old and new set in an old hardware shop. The owner has kept the original fixtures and fittings and has set beautiful products in amongst all the old drawers, shelves and nooks and crannies. It's a really unique and exciting space.

The weather was pretty bleak mostly. We lasted about 5 minutes on the beach. Hard to imagine that this time last year, only a few weeks before we were swimming in that sea. brrrrrrrrr.

It was lovely to stay all tucked up in the house with the wind howling just drinking tea and catching up! We built Wendy an Esty shop. I have been nudging her to do it for ages and now she has. It's really pretty. Here are some of her decorations...

I took some work to a brand new and very lovely gallery called Cuckoo Cuckoo Contemporary Crafts. It's a tiny space but has lots of beautiful work- ceramics, textiles, paintings, prints....and now some lamps too which suit the space quite nicely! It was nice to meet Sarah-Jane Whittaker who runs the gallery with her husband Paul. She's a jeweller who has a jewellery school in Eastbourne. They have been running artists open houses for years and were inspired to open a gallery. Good idea. It's lovely!

I did a little photoshoot in Wendys house too, inspired to use some of their lovely things as props. There were some nice ones but they are all a little bit dark. I'm still working on them though.
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Thanks Wendy. Nice to know we can fit quite alot in a couple of days. I had a lovely time!xxx