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Commissioned by Bury In Bloom, for grounds of registry office

A giant Dorset Button!

Earlier in 2016 I set myself a new challenge to make a giant Dorset Button. So here it is. The button is worked in the same way as a traditional Dorset Button with a modern design, like many Dorset Buttons I’ve made in the past – just on a much larger scale.

For the ring I used a 24 inch (61cm) hula hoop. After several months of careful planning, the decision on yarns I was going to use and how I was going to construct the button finally came into fruition.

I eventually decided on a mix of strips of a Designer Guild fabric to cover the hoop. For the ‘spokes’ and centre I used Mulberry silk natural double knitting yarn. The rest of the button is filled with a mix of reclaimed sari silk and other fibres, vintage black ribbon and further strips of Designer Guild fabric. Buttons with shanks, both old and new, from my button box embellish the design and add further texture.

http://henrysbuttons.co.uk/dorsetbuttonblog.html

Large spiral weave bowl

Decorative bowl made with different coloured willow

New Zealand Pounamu Greenstone Jade and Paua shell hand carved pendant.

• Handmade item
• Dispatches from a small business in

  United Kingdom

• Necklace length: 38 Inches; Pendant height: 11 Centimetres; Pendant width: 2.2 Centimetres
• Materials: Shell
• Gemstone: Jade
• Style: Boho & hippie
• Recycled

Stone – New Zealand Pounamu
Type – nephrite Jade
Stone origin – South Island, West Cost, New Zealand
Dealer – Auction
Made in – my own studio, UK
Recycled from – Stone slab
Location – unknown
Shape -Toki
Shell – Paua Abalone

This listing is for a small slice of real New zealand jade also known as green stone or pounamu. I required as offcuts from a Jade dealer. This stone is an offcut from my studio as I am a carver that prefers to use as much of my resources or the offcut resources of others as I can.

I started learning to carve in Hokitika while backpacking New Zealand. It was the one thing I was desperate to do. It took a while to find a teacher that would teach a woman, but I got there in the end. I have been trying to get all the equipment together ever since to keep going.

This stone is only sourced in one place in New Zealand which is Hokitika on the South island. The main river source is owned and looked after by a Moari tribe and any money made from the jade when purchased by the carver would of gone back to the tribe and the local community. It plays a vital importance through history in New Zealand through the making of weaponary and tools and was once sacred to the maori culture. Now it’s an important form of bringing work, craft and skills alive to many communities in New Zealand.

I am a rough around the edges carver and into not believe in flawless. I believe that flaws, a slight roughness and inclusions give character and personality to a piece and makes it more unique. Those flaws are what call out to people because you resonate with that flaw, that piece becomes part of telling your story and personality. So never evet be afraid of the imperfect.

Newlyn landscape jackets

Newlyn landscape jackets worked in cashmere and silk.

Machine washable

Water Tank

Traditional riveted construction –  galvanized steel water tank.  Perthshire

Amanita Bottle Clear

A SERIES OF BLOWN GLASS AND CARVED SCENT BOTTLE, WHICH CELEBRATE PATTERN AND SIMPLICITY.  EACH BOTTLE IS HANDBLOWN USING DIFFERENT TRANSPARENT COLOUR OR LEFT COLOURLESS AND JUST LETTING THE GLASS SHINE FOR ITSELF. THE FINISHED FLACON IS THEN CARVED USING ONE OF 4 PATTERNS, WHICH I ACHIEVE USING A LATHE, AND CUT INTO THE GLASS WHEN IT IS COLD.

THIS ONE IS IN CLEAR. EACH ONE IS HANDCRAFTED SO MAY VARY FROM THE ONE PHOTOGRAPHED.

 THESE PIECES ARE BEAUTIFUL ON THEIR OWN, OR IN GROUPS.

Repairs

Broken rail on the painted children’s chair

Sweethearts

boxes and bowls

Log Baskets

Traditional sized sturdy log baskets – 1 1/2 bushels, 1 bushel & 1/2 bushel size

Chiyogami Concertina Watercolour Sketchbooks

Concertina sketchbooks are versatile and exciting to use. The pages can be turned one at a time or displayed together as a panorama, and they are ideal for adding additional material such as photographs and swatches. These very special sketchbooks are bound with exquisite Japanese hand screen printed Chiyogami paper.

Cane chair seating

Replaced chair seats.  These small cane (or rattan) chairs were worn out, with large holes in the seats.  The inset shows one stage in the process of re-weaving the seats.

‘Living Water’ 12

Font cover for the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Coleshill, Birmingham.

Pygmy Raccoon

The Pygmy Raccoon is endemic to Cozumel Island off the coast of Mexico and is threatened by hurricanes, snakes and urban development.   Measuring just 43cm, around 250 individuals survive.

50 x 26cm

Ceramic, glass, marble

Past Present Future

This print is from a series of work developed from research into beliefs and folklore surrounding afterlife. The figures in this series exist in an imagined narrative of an underwater afterlife where we return to a fish form that we originally evolved from.

This linocut is printed from 3 blocks where the textured/organic marks are achieved through using a caustic etch on the lino. The layers include metallic silver ink and metallic gold ink which shimmer when caught in the light.

Image size: 14cm x 22cm

Paper size: 21cm x 30cm

From a limited edition of 6 prints.

£240

Autumn box 2

Oak box with hand cut raised dovetails and hand cut autumn leaves marquetry.