Moseley Dovecote Garden Concertina Book

I have made a sample concertina book with an recessed cover. The front cover was made by glueing two 1mm grey boards together. The top board had a square cut out to create the recess. The back board was made in the usual way with 2mm board. Both boards were covered with book cloth. I placed a wood engraved print into the recess.

I am using the concertina book to record the Dovecote Gardens through four seasons. The first drawing is a panoramic view of the garden as it is now in May.

I plan to repeat the drawing each season, continuing the panoramic view along the length of the book.

New York Trip

Freezing temperatures made for some great photos of New York in the snow. My favourite places where Central Park and the High Line.

Library of Birmingham

 The new Library of Birmingham is the biggest in Europe and opened on Tuesday 3rd September. The interior is impressive and the roof terraces are stunning.

Yinka Shonibare at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Cromarty, Scotland

Dorset from the top deck

Whilst at the Larmer Tree Festival in Dorset, I took a ride on the top deck of a Routemaster Bus through the countryside.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

The new Joan Miro exhibition at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park on 5th April. Recent snow still sits on the surrounding hills.


Spring sunshine on David Nash's 'Seventy One Steps'.

Packwood House, Warwickshire

'Sermon on the Mount' topiary in the grounds and a door to the garden

Last Winter

Early morning frost