Learn how to make Passementerie in a weekend
Continue ReadingTiny Acorns to Terrific Tassels! Passementerie Workshops
Buttons and Rosettes & Courses & Ropes and Cords & Tassels & workshop, 15th August 2018
Airbnb Experience – Passementerie Studio Visit
Braids & Buttons and Rosettes & Courses & Design & Fringes & Heritage & Inspiration & Looms & Ropes and Cords & Studio visit & Tassels & Tie Backs & workshop, 15th July 2019
As self-care becomes a bigger, more natural part of our lives, the trend for taking up classes and hobbies that allow us to express our creativity is growing.
Continue ReadingGimp thread machine
Braids & Heritage & Restoration / Reproduction & Traditional, 22nd May 2018
Until now using gimp has always meant having to buy in large quantities – with very high costs
Continue ReadingCountry Life – Living National Treasure
Braids & Buttons and Rosettes & Colour Matching & Contemporary & Fringes & Heritage & Ropes and Cords & Tassels & Tie Backs, 25th October 2017
Country Life magazine article on the endangered craft of Passementerie
Continue ReadingMarchmont House – Acorn Braid
4 Poster Bed & Braids & Design, 5th September 2017
A narrow braid incorporating naturalistic acorn drops for Marchmont House
Continue ReadingAnnouncing a New Course – Learn how to make Passementerie
Buttons and Rosettes & Courses & Tassels, 31st July 2017
Why not learn a new skill in a weekend?
Continue ReadingTassels for a Lutyens Concentric Hoop Light Fitting
Colour Matching & Lighting & Tassels, 15th June 2017
I have recently completed quite a large project for Candia Lutyens. It is a light fitting to Edwin Lutyen’s original design, including the intricate chequer board design – but updated to include LED light bulbs.
Continue ReadingLutyens Cardinal Hat Lights – The Ned Hotel
Design & Heritage & Restoration / Reproduction & Tassels, 31st May 2017
I am delighted to announce that my tassels have been used on Cardinal Hat Lights in the Lutyens Grill in the new Ned Hotel in London
Continue ReadingAesthetic Movement chair – analysis of braid for V&A Museum
Braids & Design & Heritage & Restoration / Reproduction, 30th May 2017
I was recently asked by Max Donnelly, Curator of Nineteenth-Century Furniture at the Victoria and Albert Museum, to analyse the braid on an Aesthetic Movement chair, in a private collection, to document how it was made.
Continue ReadingLarge Buttons with Tassels for Bolster Cushions on Day Bed
These extra large buttons with tassels were colour matched exactly to the bolster cushions on a day bed.
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