Books have always held a deep fascination for me from being very young. Whatever I have been doing in life - managing systems, training, child raising, cooking, sewing - and of course art making - I have always wanted to discover how other people have approached these challenges. This is a random photo of part of my book collection. They look a bit scruffy and jumbled up but that's because they are not "coffee table" books - these are part of a collection that works, helps,