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Feb 27, 20192 min read

From a whim to dream come true : creating the kimonos for Tank and the Bangas

From the moment I handed over the bespoke kimono to Tarriona " Tank " Ball , the dynamo poet/ singer/goddess who is the nucleus around...

Oct 23, 20182 min read

Guest Blog post: Sophie Buchanan

I was lucky enough to have an Aunt who used to work with Diane. I have many fond childhood memories of her and her family. She always...

Oct 8, 20181 min read

Guest Blog post number 5: Alce Harfield

I've been an professional artist for 30 years specializing in 'colour to lift the soul'. I set up the Bath Art fair 3 years ago to...

Oct 6, 20184 min read

Guest Blog number 4 : Tina Price-Johnson

Wearing Myself I first ordered a bespoke Diane Goldie artwork dress in 2014, in anticipation of the first handfasting celebration that I...

Oct 1, 20182 min read

Gilding a lily:The making of Tank's kimono

Sometimes in life you come across people who just make you feel right down to your toes. I got that feeling when my daughter and I...

Oct 1, 20183 min read

Guest Blog number 3 : Dannie-Lu Carr

Dannie is another extraordinary human being. Are you seeing a pattern here? Immensely creative, beautiful, fierce yet compassionate, a...

Sep 30, 20183 min read

Guest Blogger number 2: The lovely Anna McGrane

Anna is an extraordinary young woman who is making a name for herself with her exquisitely intimate photography and film work and her...

Sep 30, 20181 min read

Guest Blog posts

I make kimonos and other types of wearable art for many fascinating people, all of whom deserve to tell their own stories. I've decided...

Sep 29, 20184 min read

Clothes: Identity, Armour or Uniform?

Ever since Eve bit that damn apple and discovered shame , humans have been covering their nakedness in different ways, for all sorts of...

Sep 29, 20181 min read

Time to start anew

So much has happened since I first declared I AM AN ARTIST a mere 5 years ago over on Facebook and the Universe started me on this...