Trust the process: discover how working through 'boring' and 'ugly' stages in art leads to beauty, and how this mindset can inspire your jou

Challenge your creative process: Reflect on how past influences shape your art and mindset. Unlock growth by confronting limiting beliefs.

Art of the Ordinary photo series, #9. My mother-in-law, Madeleine, owns a number of beautiful glass and crystal bowls. Here is one of them.

Art of the Ordinary photo series 8. Just because everyone needs a smile in their day, here’s a smiling old suitcase.

Excited to announce the launch of Art of Us, a New Zealand artist community supporting and championing each other – Strong. Together.

Old glass dishes often have very cool patterns in them. Take a look at the way I see them in this Art of the Ordinary photo.

Discover how pushing the boundaries of fibre art transforms craft into art in my latest blog post.

‘Glory’ – new needle-felted fibre painting by Sarah Ritchie

I attended my first Art Battle in Auckland – impressed by the 20-minute live painting format. Congrats to winner Oliver Ridgen!

Thanks to Creative Fibre Magazine, I was given my first magazine cover. Now it’s the first time of having a piece of my art in a diary!

I’ll give you four pointy guesses at what today’s everyday object is. Art of the Ordinary – the everyday, reimagined.

Art of the Ordinary photo series 4. Beauty and symmetry can often be found in reflections, but how often do we notice them in the bathroom?

Art of the Ordinary photo series 3. Yes, art can be made even when cleaning the bathroom!

I continue my photographic exploration into finding art in everyday objects. Art of the Ordinary – the everyday, reimagined

My first photograph in my latest photo series, ‘Art of the Ordinary’ – the everyday, reimagined.

My love of collecting glass and clay works from around New Zealand (and my dislike of having ‘perfect sets’).

How I use colour theory when producing my needle-felted fibre paintings.

Creative Fibre Magazine review of the Auckland Felters’ first art exhibition, by Sarah Ritchie.

My fibre art journey features in the September issue of Creative Fibre Magazine, with my artwork, Pīwakawaka as the cover image!

Here’s a sneak peek into my next (as yet unnamed) fibre painting (a big painting, not a kit!).