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the musings and occasional ramblings of a factory girl
INDIE GIFT GUIDE
As a small designer/maker businesses and solopreneur I wanted to add my voice to the 'buy small' movement that has so many tag lines and 'happy dance' narratives. I thought the best way to do this would be to share some of the wonderful small businesses and makers...
BARBARA HULANICKI – FASHION & BUSINESS ICON
I took a trip with my 79 year old neighbour to see this exhibition. It was a big adventure for her as she was widowed last year and she hasn’t been to London in about 10 years.
We were having one of our frequent Earl Grey tea moments when she said she’d read about this exhibition and how much she used to love Biba when she was in her 20’s. I asked if she fancied a day trip and so we planned our adventure!
I bought some Biba clothes in my teens and 20’s but being (only slightly) younger had never had the chance to go to one of the original shops (see my photo below for a description of what I missed!) or be part of their mail order revolution
A Stellar Material
Materials Inspiration I’m working with a stellar material at the moment You may be familiar with my Swarf collection – it was one of the best sellers at my market this weekend. Metal swarf is basically a waste material resulting from machining processes. The brass...
An Interview with Factory Floor Jewels by ACID
(I'm hoping if I don't mention it you won't notice I haven't blogged for around 4 years!) I had a lovely suprise today when the kind and hardworking people at Anti Copying In Design (let's call them ACID from here on in) tagged me in an instagram post to say...
SALE – I’M BRINGING THE MARKET TO YOU
It’s a strange old time isn’t it! Maybe time for my first Jewellery Sale I thought…… I’m not the kind of maker who does a market every weekend; my health doesn’t give me the stamina for that. But there are a few very well curated markets that I’m loyal to and so I do...
SUMMER ARTS MARKET ST GEORGES’ HALL LIVERPOOL
Looking forward to this weekend's Summer Arts Market - organised by the wonderful team at Open Culture Factory Floor Jewells will be there with a large selection from all our ranges
LATEST PRESS FEATURE – YOUR MOVE MAGAZINE
Great little feature on Factory Floor Jewels in current issue of Your Move Magazine:
WOW!!! A FEATURE IN JEWELLERY INDUSTRY MAG – JEWELLERY FOCUS
Factory Floor Jewels was featured in industry magazine Jewellery Focus following our trash to treasure workshop for Clerkenwell Design Week
LOTS TO MAKE AND LOTS OF DANCING….
Well the Christmas order season is well underway and there are lots and lots of pieces to make - has been going well, but have got home at 3am two nights running! Possibly a little too old for it all.... The new workshop is fantastic - quite lifechanging - and its...
PRESS – Object of Dreams
Great to spot one of the Factory Floor pieces in this feature on Hooka Hair:
