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| Clockwise from top: printmaking pigments, our knitting machine, original tiled floor, my trusty Singer, some of my yarns, printmaking workshop. |
Um... so writing a blog post every week didn't quite go to plan, but I will try harder! I have been a bit distracted recently by getting everything made and ready for showing at Treasure in a week or so (is it that soon?!!). I am really looking forward to it, meeting new customers and catching up with old friends. More details can be found at www.treasureuk.com. Hopefully see some of you there!
I thought you might be interested in having a little look at my studio and the lovely big steel contraption that is our Stoll knitting machine. I share the machine and the studio with my good friend Tamar. Our studio is part of an old dairy shop. In fact it was one of Sainsburys first shops and it still has some of the original Victorian tiles and marble counters. For the last 40 years it has been used as a printmakers workshop and the owners have very kindly let my friend and I use one of their rooms as our studio. The place hasn’t really changed much in the last few decades but this gives it a real charm and with no phone or internet connection it is a great place to go to escape from the modern world and concentrate on some making.
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| From left: Large clustered Blossom Necklace, Double Ring Blossom Necklace and one of the 3 Ring Tiered earrings. |
This is the other sneak peek I wanted to give you. These are some of the pieces from my new Blossom collection which I shall be previewing at Treasure. They are made by knitting together elastic and some beautiful copper/bamboo and silk/steel yarn from Habu Textiles and the Handweavers Studio and then embedding the knitted fabric with Swarovski Crystals. Hopefully, if I can keep on top of this blog thing then you'll see some more images of the new collection next week!
