From the studio

The table mid-workshop at Tree to Ink: elderberry ink bottles, swatches in green, purple and pink, stamped circles and spirals

Elderberry ink: purple berries, bottle green ink

How to make ink from elderberries, the bottle green that surprised me, a little elder folklore, and the story I read over tea at Tree to Ink in Screveton.

Elderberry ink: purple berries, bottle green ink

How to make ink from elderberries, the bottle green that surprised me, a little elder folklore, and the story I read over tea at Tree to Ink in Screveton.

Four jars of rowan berry ink on the table, from dark brown to coral pink, against the green studio wall

Rowan berry ink and the tree of protection

Four ink colours from one rowan on the farm in Screveton, what the rowan tree means, and what four people made with them.

Rowan berry ink and the tree of protection

Four ink colours from one rowan on the farm in Screveton, what the rowan tree means, and what four people made with them.

Mandala with an evil eye at its centre, drawn in white and pale blue gel pens on a background of dark blue elderberry ink

Weaving Protection: Where Heritage Streams Meet

The mandala is a boundary drawn in elderberry and intention. Each curve a quiet rebellion against disconnection - from heritage, from the earth, from the knowledge that lives in our...

Weaving Protection: Where Heritage Streams Meet

The mandala is a boundary drawn in elderberry and intention. Each curve a quiet rebellion against disconnection - from heritage, from the earth, from the knowledge that lives in our...

The forest floor underneath an Oak tree in Sherwood Forest

The Recipe Problem

This is how we learn to trust ourselves again - through projects where the cost of failure is low and the joy of discovery is high. What if we looked...

The Recipe Problem

This is how we learn to trust ourselves again - through projects where the cost of failure is low and the joy of discovery is high. What if we looked...

Louise foraging under an Oak tree in Sherwood Forest

From Plastic Art Supplies to Forest Foraging: R...

Every time I click 'add to cart' I am choosing against my own aliveness. That's why I found myself foraging for ink in Sherwood Forest today.

From Plastic Art Supplies to Forest Foraging: R...

Every time I click 'add to cart' I am choosing against my own aliveness. That's why I found myself foraging for ink in Sherwood Forest today.

A black ink mandala on paper flecked with bright paint splatters, in a wooden frame on the ground in the sun

The Quiet Season

The quiet season was preparation for this: a practice that doesn't just create art, but creates connection. To place, to heritage, to the parts of myself I thought were separate....

The Quiet Season

The quiet season was preparation for this: a practice that doesn't just create art, but creates connection. To place, to heritage, to the parts of myself I thought were separate....