Willow & Wildflower Studio

About

Everlight blooms are born in the galley of a floating home, shaped by the shifting seasons, the rhythmic lap of water against a hull.

The Story of Willow & Wildflowers Studio: Rooted in the Water, Crafted in the Light

My name is Valerie the hands behind the glass, but the heart of this story belongs to a sixty-foot steel narrowboat named Willow Aurora

If you were to find us this morning, we’d likely be moored along a quiet stretch of the Kennet and Avon Canal, tucked into the reeds where the Wiltshire kingfishers hunt. You’d see a thin wisp of woodsmoke rising from the chimney and two long-bodied sentinels Pepper and Walther, my faithful dachshunds keeping watch from the bow.

I am a stained glass artist, a continuous cruiser, and a believer in the radical power of "slow." My work doesn't come from a sterile industrial unit or a high-street studio; it is born in the galley of a floating home, shaped by the shifting seasons and the rhythmic lap of water against a hull.

At Everlight Blooms, I create what I like to call "botanicals for the soul." Using the traditional Tiffany copper-foil technique, I handcraft stained glass flowers and foliage that never fade.