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Hatching a Plan
Architecture, Corporate Commissions, Latest News
Recently I’ve been doing a little work for Pegasus Land. They are creating a series of purpose built flats in new and reconditioned buildings with private apartments and also communal areas, such as dining rooms, pools and gym facilities.…

A Miniature Piece of History
Latest News
From 8th – 10th November I will be exhibiting my work at Handmade in Chelsea, It’s a fantastic show packed with products from contemporary designers, makers and craftsmen. I’m particularly excited about this show as it is not only my…

An English Padlock
Architecture, House History"Be to her virtues very kind;And to her indulgencies a little blind". As a child in the house where I grew up, I always longed for there to be a secret room. I used to dream about opening a door I’d never seen before and finding evidence…

The Model Career?
HistoryIt’s interesting to wonder just how you arrive at your job. How much is luck or destiny. Everyone has talents of one sort or another. Mine are luckily all aligned towards art and design. I have always drawn and made things, ever since I was…

Architectural Alphabet Challenge
Latest NewsThese are troubled times for us all. Just like many others I find myself in isolation and wondering what to do with my time

Living Room?
Architecture, House HistoryEver wondered how to fit 16 people from 6 different families into a 3 bedroom Victorian house?
We have just finished researching a house in what is now affluent Notting Hill, and discovered that the first inhabitants of the property had to…

The Camberwell Coincidence
Architecture, History, House HistoryWe are asked to investigate house histories and draw properties all over the UK. We’ve travelled from Killyleagh in Northern Ireland down to Taunton in Devon, but it has to be said that the majority of our work is in London and the Home Counties.…

Before ‘Windows’ there must have been ‘Doors’
History, House HistoryWhilst researching a house in Blackheath in London I discovered some interesting notation in the basement. These must have been calculations for the coal bill, scrawled onto the nearest thing to hand- the back of the door. I suppose rather than…

New frame
House HistoryI've got a new frame option to add to the collection. This one with a gold edge is a rather happy accident as it wasn't the frame I ordered from my picture framer at all! It's a mystery how he got it wrong, but both the client and I really like…