A Wild and Untamed Landscape 11 Dec 2012 | 05:59 pm

I am now in a very beautiful studio miles out in the mountains, only 1 hour by car from Canberra.  On the hill road this morning driving out to the studio from a small town, called incongruously Bunge...

Trust your hands 19 Nov 2012 | 04:09 pm

I am in Brisbane now, giving a workshop in creative throwing to the potters at the Brisbane Institute of Art.  This is an independent non-profit organisation which is not a government art school but a...

Coral island in a changing world 9 Nov 2012 | 09:07 pm

Nick Brennan, the warm hearted fair-haired guide on Lady Elliot Island, which is an eco-resort on the Great Barrier Reef, has been chatting with me about the effects of climate change and the state of...

Australia: craft, culture and coral 26 Oct 2012 | 01:57 pm

Royal Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 5 Jul 2012 | 10:05 pm

Going to the RHS Hampton Court Palace Show with open shoes was perhaps not the best thing to do. When I went, my feet got cold and damp and I was very tempted to buy a pair of wellies from one of the ...

Green House event 29 May 2012 | 01:13 am

Green House Think Tank is an exciting new environmental organisation which was created last year with the remit of “challenging the ideas that have created the world we live in now, and offering posit...

In It Together 15 May 2012 | 10:58 pm

Turns out I have a sister I didn't know about. Not only that but she lives just down the road. We have the same parents but up to now have led relatively separate lives. Interestingly despite this I w...

Walking The Talk 28 Apr 2012 | 12:53 am

Steps towards a sustainable life. For too long now, or maybe for just the right amount of time, I have been living in a way that I knew was not right for me. To give you a bit of background – before...

Kongzi's Crystal Balls 7 Jan 2012 | 12:43 am

It is a tradition of sorts for seers to commit themselves to prophesy at this time of year. A New Year is a new start  – an ideal vantage point from which to gaze in to the future and make sweeping pr...

Surprising Harvests 21 Dec 2011 | 07:40 am

Living in a Buddhist Centre – Life Happens II I finally summoned up my courage (after weeks of procrastination) and uprooted a mystery plant, that had self-seeded and grown, to Triffid-like proportio...