April 2025 Shop Update—’The Cloud’
‘The Cloud’Shop Update—March 2025 New Fine Art Printsare available! Meet Miu, Nom, Moi, and their unexpected visitor—the Cloud. The fine art prints are printed in…
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Posts about art and making.
New Stockist, HAPA, Christchurch, New Zealand
I am so excited to announce my first South Island Stockist—HAPA in Christchurch. HAPA is a Local Design store, stocking a wide range of…
New Stock at The Vault in Wellington, March 2024
New Minu paper mache sculptures glowing in autumn colours are now available via The Vault in Wellington. Bring a touch of magic to your…
March 2025 Shop Update—’Autumn Favourites’
‘Autumn Favourites’Shop Update—March 2025 Finally—a long overdue online shop update! The ‘Autumn Favourites’ collection includes the popular Bird totems and Rabbit totems in warm,…
Paper mache clay recipe using non-toxic, natural, and recycled materials
My paper mache recipes have changed over the years, and I usually adjust the ingredients slightly based on what I need for a particular…
Create Custom Content Styles for Claude AI
Part 4—Maintaining your unique voice while working through revisions with Claude AI This is Part 4 in my series on Artists, Writers and AI—my…
Exhibition—Resilience , Quirky Fox, Hawera
Group Exhibition January 2025Quirky Fox, Hawera, New Zealand I am excited to be part of the upcoming group show Resilience at Quirky Fox! Opening…
A year in review: 2024—let’s not do that again
What on earth just happened? The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly When I look back at 2024, I have three distinct impressions: black…
Using Claude AI’s projects for revisions
Artists, Writers and AI, Part 3 This is Part 3 in my series on Artists, Writers and AI—my musings on how artists and writers…
New Stock at The Vault in Wellington, November 2024
New Minu paper mache sculptures are now available via The Vault in Wellington. Bring a touch of magic to your space. Available now :).
September Writing Update—Progress update on revisions for The House
Progress update on revisions for The House and other news. Progress update on revisions for The House The second revision focusing on plot and…
Shop Update, September 2024—new paper mache listings
Update 28th October: The two Forest Walkers are now available via The Vault in Wellington. New creations in the shop! Bring a touch of…
August Writing Update—Layering Revisions, part 1
Progress on the House and insights to layering revisions Progress on my revisions for The House The revisions for The House, the second book…
Using Claude, the AI Chatbot by Anthropic, as a Line Editor and Critique Group
Artists, Writers and AI, Part 2 Using Claude AI as a Line Editor and Critique Group This is Part 2 in my series on…
The Thing About Social Media, Part 4—Enshittification, dis-enshittification, and silver linings
Cory Doctorow’s 2024 Marshall McLuhan lecture “Seizing the means of computation: a better internet is run by and for the people who use it”…