Pattern, shape and rhythm spark ideas for my art in both mosaic and paper. I prefer to use simple tools such as scissors, a scalpel, nippers and manual glass-cutters. This enables me to feel more part of the process, more at one with what is evolving. It means that each artwork becomes a one-off and is never replicated. Step by step I follow in the direction that the work seems to be guiding me. Laser-cutters have their place and I have used them in the past but for me there is more of a relationship involved and therefore more fun when a piece is organically-made, manually handled from start to finish. Also it enables you to connect with me closely when you see the end design. I show my human-ness, my vulnerability when you see the inevitable imperfections and apparent flaws.