I’m working through my skills action plan (I made mine at the end of 2021 – a list of skills I want to work on with specific projects that will make me improve), this time by focusing on drawing spaces and geometry! A great skill to have in film and theatre and practice that I …
At the end of 2021 I worked as part of the crew on Awakening from Silence, a short film directed by Alex Falconer. The film is based on ‘She Sells Shell’ by Megan Chapman, commissioned as part of the ‘G7 Behind the Postcard’ cultural programme. I worked as a costume assistant in pre-production and as …
Shortly after moving into my current house, when we still didn’t have any furniture, I came across a table that had been left outside free for any takers. It looked quite sturdy and elegant, sadly it had been raining directly on it for some time, so it very much looked like its best years were …
In the summer of 2021 I got involved in the production of ‘Waiting for the Ice Cube to Melt’, a short film directed by Alex Falconer. I painted props, dressed the sets, entangled Ellie in vines in the woods in the middle of the night (all consensual and safe!) and cleaned a lot of rooms. …
I’ve always loved the look of natural wooden coasters or table mats. The idea of making my own had been rolling around my head for some time, when I came across recently cut wood during a forest walk. I sneakily took home a small log and started working on my dream coasters! But let me …
In the spring of 2020, my partner and I decided to make a homemade version of Settlers of Catan – this was the time of lockdown, so not only we had a lot of time to play a lot of board games, but also to make one! I painted the tiles, initially deciding between a …