Silver is my go to metal….manipulating it to create jewellery that is tactile, unique, asymmetrical, miss matched, individual and unusual. I work intuitively, sawing, soldering, sanding, drilling, hammering, rolling, punching, polishing…incorporating other materials, copper, brass, slate, stones, beads…… Living in Saundersfoot, just a few miles from my childhood home, I have been designing and making jewellery for over twenty years. Items are then stitched together by hand using saddle stitch with two needles and waxed thread and, depending on the leather used, edges are finished by burnishing. This is a traditional approach to leatherwork and although time consuming, the result is a bag that will last and become more beautiful with age. Being a natural product, variations of colour and texture can be seen in all items resulting in a truly unique product. That interest in the process of producing handmade leather goods has blossomed into an absorbing business run from a small workshop.Īll of my products are cut from sides of leather with a hand knife, every stitch hole is punched with a pricking iron and rawhide mallet. Being able to turn my hands to many crafts, my enthusiasm was really ignited after attending a weekend leather bag making course in the Preseli’s. Originating from a local family I have lived in the village for almost 20 years. As well as selling my products in retail outlets, I take custom orders and teach hand weaving in Wales.Įver圜loud is a small independent leather craft business based in Saundersfoot. The process goes from design to choice of yarns (I sometimes dye yarns too) to creating the weaving draft, the warp, the weft and finally the important finishing process to bring out the beauty of the yarns. I use 3 looms in my work, an 8 shaft Jack floor loom, a rigid heddle and an Inklette. All my end products use natural yarns, I especially love weaving with beautifully soft and hypoallergenic merino wool. I started hand weaving some 10 years ago after progressing from hand knit, machine knit and crochet. The art of Hand Weaving goes back centuries. History tells us that the Romans adorned themselves in leather, silver and wool, three of the most valuable products of that time and harmonious to us….so we have named ourselves after the fearless Celtic Queen who fought to protect our country and its natural resources Three like minded Welsh ladies, a weaver, a leatherworker and a jeweller got together with an idea, then a plan, and after a couple of bottles of wine - BOUDICEA was formed. Tags: learning to weave, learning to weave on a rigid heddle In my next blog I will let you know about some rigid heddle and other weaving books I have used during my years of learning and progressing The scope for different types of weave is huge, different patterns, different yarns, different products, only you can imagine the design that you are going to create. This lovely scarf was handwoven on the rigid heddle using cotton: One of my lovely ladies learning to weave on the rigid heddle However, there is a method called doubleweave where you can weave 2 layers of cloth either joined so it is one piece of about 44", tubular or 2 separate pieces. The 16" is great for learning but I think the 24" is best for progressing with different widths of cloth up to approximately 22". There are different makes out there including Ashford, Schacht, Kromski and Louet and they come in different widths from 16" up to 36". Many ask about buying a rigid heddle, mine is an Ashford 16" but used to have the 24" which I am sorry I sold, never mind. Mostly, ladies are finding it all consuming, relaxing and enjoyable - after they get over the warping. I now teach rigid heddle weaving to classes of about 6 at a time. I started teaching handweaving a couple of years ago.
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