At first I did it because it was a way of escaping everything going on around me. I was so totally engrossed in what I was doing it was almost like being in therapy - my job can be a tad stressful at times.

Then I carried on doing it because I loved the feeling you get when you look at a piece of work and you realise that you've taken a tiny part of you and made it into something beautiful (hopefully) and that is unique because no two minds think exactly alike. That someone else likes it and wants to buy it is just an added bonus for me but then I have only just started selling me work.