Alison johnston

Today I am sitting at a well-scrubbed kitchen table in a Cotswold kitchen, warmed by a Delft blue Rayburn. My hostess offers me a slice of fruitcake baked by her husband – baking is something Bill has

Helen Wilde, the embroidery artist behind Ovo Bloom, shares how growing up on the Yorkshire coast and an enduring obsession with the sea have shaped her richly layered, globally celebrated art

Babies grin gummily, seemingly submerged deep inside inky pools of turquoise. Women lie back in washes of magenta or violet. Then the focus changes as if the lens of a camera has been switched and the

I mused over this article, wondering how worthwhile it is when there are no steps showing the progress of the paintings. Then I remembered, especially with mixed media, the process is evident in the f

Nature is the common thread woven through Sophie’s crafting business, Forest and Dot – from the workshops she holds in woodland teepees to the yarn she dyes by hand with locally foraged plants. Herita

Before cross stitch became a creative lifeline, it was a moment in a craft store between a teenager and her grandma. “I chose a kit on a whim – a full-coverage woodland scene with animals in winter,”