After studying art at school and gaining a degree and masters in art and printmaking at university I got an office job working for a wonderful antiques dealers in West London. It wasn't art, but the pieces of rare oriental porcelains and jades were stunningly beautiful and an area of art I previously knew nothing about, so it was a wonderful place to be, and I learned so much about the practical side of running a small business and all the joys of paperwork and cataloguing, that it was an invaluable experience.

Long working days and city life left little time or space for art and it wasn't until I moved out of London to Kent with my fabulously supportive husband that I decided to quit my job and finally get back to dabbling in the thing I've always loved. Our new home came with a wonderful garden and an amazing workshop which I quickly claimed for my own and got it ready for me to get going with my printmaking again. A lick of paint, a shiny new little press and the shelves of creative goodies I'd collected over the years and I was ready to go.

Starting up my shop on Etsy has been wonderful and given me the opportunity to show and sell some of my prints that I have made and accumulated over the years, and kept me focused and driven to keep creating new works to add to my shop. A new home and a new family are all wonderfully time consuming but keeping my shop up to date and being able to see what people like and enjoy is very motivating and helps me make sure I make time for my art, no matter how little it all counts :)

I feel like I am really getting back into the swing of creating art works now and have so many ideas and not enough time (like everyone else I'm sure), so I'm really looking forward to seeing what my shop looks like over the coming years and how my work develops, and hopefully there will be things that others can enjoy too.