Clare Gaylard Artisan Glass 

A long autumnal drive to Norfolk to take some glass for the Winter Exhibition at this inspiring gallery. 

I'm at Blackthorpe Barn this weekend with a tranche of my work. Setting up a multitude of tiny elements in a medieval barn is interesting work.... This six weekend run of British Crafts has been called a 'Suffolk Chelsea Crafts Fair' - which is engagingly confusing - and appropriate. Some very lovely work - the difficulty is not to barter and buy from others more than you sell. So we are just off the A14 between Ipswich a...

I'd call it a dragon.

Revisiting my sketches, tiny Ghost King Vanitas sculptures and jewellery-making based on M R James, Victorian-era ghost story set in nearby Aldeburgh: 'A Warning to the Curious'.

Instant sunshine.

Tiny glass pot with gold leaf and handmade murrini.

Escaping paperwork and taxes. Singularly lovely sun&shadows on a favourite Victorian gravestone in Dennington churchyard.

.. a poem lovely as a tree' is a bit of doggerel that presents itself whenever I see an awe-inspiring tree. I share the sentiment even if I'd rather it didn't, conkers are similar.

The wraps are off the Fitzwilliam and mighty fine it is too - unless you are all about 'Truth to Materiels' - I'm aesthetically flexible.

It's been a long summer for one reason or another, very happy to be back at the torch and engaging with autumn.

Blue&White china and physilis from the garden.

At The Sentinel Gallery, Wivenhoe.

Makers of Art and Craft, Great Glemham Church IP17 2DA. 11am - 5pm Sat&Sun.

There are blackberries everywhere and I'm highly suggestible.

This shop window made me think of the lovely old Ladybird book of 'The Elves and The Shoemaker'. What sorcery would you need to wear the lightest shades and keep them clean for even a day? Noe in Haarlem.

Two gold-on-glass rings that are part of a delivery to The Sentinel Gallery in Wivenhoe, in time for their upcoming exhibition; Personal Perspectives. The exhibition runs from September 22nd - October 7th 2018.