I love these organic little textile accessories from Anda Toma (aka APlusDesignnn). They are curious and intriguing and speak to me of sealife – coral, nudibranchs and strange deep-sea creatures. Tactile and colourful, Anda crochets and beads her...
Frank Ideas Rowan Shaw started designing jewellery because both of her kids were keen swimmers. “With training every morning at 5am it meant I was stuck in a car or by a pool a lot and jewellery was portable. At that stage it was mainly textile necklaces...
I have long been fascinated by the curious felted viscera of Simmone Spring from Your Organ Grinder. Eyes, kidneys, teeth, brains, hearts, lungs, thyroid… Who buys them? Why? “I get to work with a lot of people who are ill or have had...
Kelly Darke works full time as an art therapist. “Creating art has always been a personal source of comfort for me and when I learned about art therapy I actually didn’t believe it was a real thing – art and psychology? That seemed like a perfect...
When I first saw the freeform crochet of Irregular Expressions, I was hooked, so to speak. It is an intriguing mix of traditional stitch, rich colours and lush, organic form that is folk craft with a large slice of edge. But when I approached the family team that form...
