These are some influences and sources of inspiration

Folk art - animals, hearts, flowers, tree of life motif... 

Vintage design from the 50s, 60s, 70s, & 80s in toys, graphics, ceramics, etc...  

Toys - Peg puzzles, jig-saws, toys from other cultures, recycled toys 

Raw art, Outsider Art, Gaudi's architecture,

Children's book illustration - Lauren Child, David McKee, Satoshi Kitamura, Maurice Sendak 

Embroidered textiles 

Flea markets, car boot sales, charity shop finds 

Organic farming & vegetable growing, allotments, flowers, herbs & fruit        

Visiting gardens, walking in the countryside, hedgerows

Cleo Mussi's mosaics and Julie Arkell's papier mache 

Teapots, tea drinking traditions and collections and displays of objects


 Dog sign