"I work mainly with Fimo Classic, but sometimes, particularly for caning, Kato clay is good. As far as accessories go, I tend to favor Falcon as they are great value for good quality pieces! The tool I use the most is... MY FINGERS! A close second is my dental pick, given to me by a good friend who is a dentist, followed by the humble pin."

"I'm struggling to think what my most outlandish tool could be; maybe the old bone that I sometimes use for texturing surfaces. Those old marrow holes make great texture!"

You just never know what might appear on her workbench as a material or tool. The "sweatshop" is actually her utility room, admirably doing double duty as a workroom.

I share space with the vacuum, mop and other various cleaning items. I am slowly taking it over though and the cleaning items don't get too much use these days. Usually to anyone else, my workbench is a disaster area. There are so many UFO's on there that even I get confused! I'm forever starting a piece, getting totally sidetracked and starting something completely new. Sometimes a UFO can sit on my workbench for months," she said.

Linda also makes authentic feathered miniature game birds, so there are plenty of feathers floating around her work area as well.

"I breed pheasants, so I have an unlimited supply of real feathers that I carefully scale down and apply one by one to a polymer clay form," she explained.

Someday she would like to expand her skills to include turning her own bowls.

"One of these days, if I ever get the time, because if I get a lathe then I'll have to learn how to use it," she added.

She sells her work on CDHM, Etsy, Ebay and her own website for between £10.00 to £100.00, depending on the piece.

"I also have a blog on CDHM, which I'm sorry to say has been sadly neglected lately," she said.

Linda has been featured in Miniaturas, Dolls House & Miniature Scene, Dolls House World and American Miniaturist. She also has work on display in the The Kathleen Savage Browning Miniatures Collection in The Kentucky Gateway Museum Center, Maysville, Kentucky, USA.

She looks forward to creating bigger and better pieces.

"If I had been asked 15 years ago whether I thought I'd ever become successful at anything outside raising my children and running the home, I think I would have laughed! Never in a million years did I think that I'd find a talent within me that so many people all over the world would appreciate the way they do. It's such a buzz to know that the pleasure I've had in creating a piece is mirrored by the person who ends up owning it. I would like to think that my work will end up as the antiques of the future... How wonderful would that be! Not that I would be around to see it of course!" she added.

You can see more of Linda's creations in her CDHM Gallery.