When you enter the studio (with brew in hand) you’ll find my ink-stained desk, the drying wall, colourful test prints, sketchbooks and all of my tools mounted on the wall. On one wall I have a bright tropical lima print wallpaper to inject even more colour and house free standing frames. There are finished prints to browse, works in progress and chances to chat about custom pieces. If there’s a piece that you want to see up close then I will have it laid out ready for you to soak up all the texture and detail that you miss on screen.

Since visiting the Ouseburn Open Studios in 2017, I knew that was where I emanated a studio. Since then, I’ve visited the open studios and scoured every inch of the Ouseburn Valley to see which studios would suit me. As desperate as I was to get a studio, I knew it needed to be the right one.

In Spring 2023, I attended yet another open studios event and found myself in B Box Studios. It was such an inviting space filled with friendly creatives and (it was warm - something my garden studio rarely was).

Straight after that, I contacted The Biscuit Factory Foundation and put my name on the waiting list knowing full well that I couldn’t afford it yet but that studios don’t come up very often.

Six months later, I got an email saying that there were 3 spaces coming up for rent so I went to view them. I cannot express how exciting this was. It was definitely a pinch me moment that made me feel like I was ‘levelling up’ as my coach calls it.