London Clay Birds

What a lovely pair.

Chelsea Fair 5th Dec 2009

Our stall at the fabulous Old Town Hall. The main hall was just such a beautiful room, very elegant. Bottom two pictures show some of our new crocheted baskets. I regret, my photos of other stalls were not blog worthy but we (me and my sis) met so many lovely people and there was way too much talent on display to see the whole show. Some of my favourites were Kate Broughton, Lost at Sea, Atherton Lin, Sara Carr and the lovely people at We Make T-Shirts.

Autumn Fair

Just some of the many amazing products at the fair below from top left: gorgeous knitted cushions by Strikk, lavender infused key fobs by Helen Rawlinson, donkey shape by the lovely Sara Carr, totally adorable beeb bears, Of Cabbages and Kings table of delights, Handmade to Measure awesome owls, goodies on the Make do Menders stall and Fabric Nation postcard purse. There were so many great things, too many for my blogging brain to process in one night.

Cards for sale

New cards for this Autumn. Lots of lovely designs to choose from.

24 Clay Birds

Made using London clay - a marine deposit from the Palaeogene period, 50/60 million years ago, back when a warm tropical sea covered London. The clay is straight from the earth - dug out from where a Victorian Workhouse once stood in Islington. Fascinated by recent local history as well as the clay’s pre-historic origin I sculpt each bird in the image of our city's little birds. I get a variety of effects when firing. The birds turn an almost terracotta red colour, a gorgeous deep dark brown or a mottled combination not unlike tortoise-shell. I also find some turn out smooth and some are textured but each bird has it’s own unique charm. They are finished with a bit of wax. These very tactile objects are lovely to hold and have a calming quality. Every bird is different and comes in its very own handmade bag.

Walnut Brooches

Oak brooches

New Product

Brand new shiney brooches. This lot are made using walnut, also made some oak brooches and birch-ply too.

Our stall at the fair

A lovely weekend was had by all, thank you ladies of WeMake and ofCabbages!! A great venue and atmosphere. Amazingly talented designers, very complimentary of each other.