Julie Latham aka Puffin Jools
Growing up my life was focused around my love for animals.
I so looked forward to our holidays in Cornwall on the farm.
I took art at school but drawing bowls of fruit on the table was not my thing, I wanted to be more hands on creating and making a mess.
I went to an all girls school that unfortunately did not offer the exciting stuff like woodwork and metalwork, I was so jealous of the projects my brother brought home.
I left school and instead of the Arts and Craft route I followed my heart and spent 18 years in animal husbandry, then a further 18 years in horticulture, which I still do part time.
My animal fix is fulfilled by my adorable crazy cats and my dog.
Over the years I have dabbled in many (too many) crafts, and thankfully recently I have focused on a few I enjoy the most.
These include stained glass, glass mosaic, wool felting, pyrography (wood burning ) wire and wood sculptures.
These crafts are all inspired by my love of nature, wildlife and the countryside around me.
Foxy - Stained glass on slate base - 11cmhx12cmw £50
Allium - copper wire a crystal - 20x100cm - £140
Ammonite - Stained glass with oak base 25cm wide x 21cm high x 6.5 deep - £180
Wren - recycled copper wire - 7x479cm £55
Humpback Whale - Made entirely from copper wire with a natural stone base - indoors or outdoors 40cmlx24cmwx30cmh - £450
Mosaic Circle with stand - stained glass & solid oak stand - indoors only - 20x4.5x21.5 - £120 and 30x4.5x33cm - £190
Heart - stained glass - 11x21cm - £80
Kingfisher - stained glass mounted in solid oak - indoors only - £320
Tropical mandala - A zesty mosaic stained glass with black grout, mounted in a freestanding solid oak frame - 30cmwx30cmhx5cmd - £210
variety of wooden animals - solid oak - various sizes -prices from £35 - £50
Tiger - pyrography Basswood - indoors only - 26x2x32cm - £150
Turtle - Pyrography solid Yew - indoors only - 47x2.5-33cm - £300