Illuminator · Wildlife artist · Calligrapher · Tutor
Welcome!
I’m one of the few remaining professional illuminators now
practising this endangered craft in the UK.
I teach internationally and am currently illuminator at Lincoln Cathedral.
I create new work using traditional techniques and hand prepared, exquisite natural materials. These include mineral and earth pigments, plant pigments from my garden, traditional handcrafted inks, vellum, 24 carat gold leaf, oak panels and gemstones such as sapphires and pearls. Whilst I specialise in manuscript illumination I also draw with metalpoint and paint in egg tempera.
My book, Contemporary Illumination for the Calligrapher and Artist: Traditional Techniques Reinterpreted, will be published by The Crowood Press later this year.
