Admired by textile artists and embroiderers alike across the globe for her beautiful combination of classical embroidery materials, fabrics and natural objects, Jane is recognized as a gifted needle painter who can create exquisite, life-like, embroidered machinations of the plants and insects our planet has to offer. In her highly anticipated third book, this time gently journey with Jane through the natural landscape to unlock your own artistic potential, and breathe creativity back into your life.

Beginning with a small introduction on how to create a creative space, to engage the senses, to rediscover lost playfulness and to embrace the process of making art rather than achieving its final form, Jane then takes you through 10 different creative ideas inspired by nature. These Creative Contemplations’ explore building and sourcing your treasure chest of both natural and man-made materials, and forming a whole host of beautiful designs: quietly stunning mandalas made of shells and flowers, exquisite trinket boxes pieced from pine cone seeds, handmade birds’ nests, embroidered flowers, awe-inspiring dreamcatchers woven with willowherb, and much more... All there for you to recreate yourself, or simply to inspire you to push beyond your perceived creative limits.

No matter how skilled or unskilled you may believe yourself to be, The Nature of Creativity seeks to nurture your artistic thoughts, fantasies and wonder and with it, help you find your inner happiness.