Preparing for Artists at Home open studios 16-18 June. All information is on the website www.artistsathome.co.uk. I am studio 64. It would be lovely to see you. @artistsathome #mudlark #mudlarking #hammersmith #chiswicklife #chiswickmums #chiswickliving #shepherdsbush
Jun 3
Preparing for Artists at Home open studios 16-18 June. All information is on the website www.artistsathome.co.uk. I am studio 64. It would be lovely to see you. @artistsathome #mudlark #mudlarking #hammersmith #chiswicklife #chiswickmums #chiswickliving #shepherdsbush
Sea glass pendant and earrings. When I am on holiday I spend hours foraging the foreshore for beach glass and shells. It’s very hard to find suitable pieces for jewellery, but there is something strangely magical about seaglass: man made yet shaped by nature, hard yet soft to the touch and the colours are beautiful. This aqua glass looks like the sea. Just finished these for our Artists at Home weekend 16-18 June. For those who can’t get to London, there is also a shop on www.artists at home.co.uk. I am gallery 64 and I will be adding new pieces as I make them. #seaglassofinstagram #beachcombing #beachcomber #seaglass #sea #seaglassart #foreshore #artistsathome
May 31
Sea glass pendant and earrings. When I am on holiday I spend hours foraging the foreshore for beach glass and shells. It’s very hard to find suitable pieces for jewellery, but there is something strangely magical about seaglass: man made yet shaped by nature, hard yet soft to the touch and the colours are beautiful. This aqua glass looks like the sea. Just finished these for our Artists at Home weekend 16-18 June. For those who can’t get to London, there is also a shop on www.artists at home.co.uk. I am gallery 64 and I will be adding new pieces as I make them. #seaglassofinstagram #beachcombing #beachcomber #seaglass #sea #seaglassart #foreshore #artistsathome
Mudlark pendant and earrings, made from pottery mudlarked from the Thames and canals of London, and set with pearls and semi-precious stones. The 1900s saw a flourishing of floral china influenced by the female market. The Edwardian era was the golden age of afternoon tea, in one of the new grand hotels such as the Ritz, or for the less wealthy, in Lyons Corner House, or the ABC tea rooms. Women could eat at these places without a male escort, and pretty, feminine china, reflected these new freedoms. Busy making for my open studios @artistsathome 16-18 June. Come and admire the flowers! #mudlarking #mudlarkingart #mudlarkers #flowers #uniquejewelry #floraldesign #floralpottery #chiswicklife #chiswick #hammersmith
May 27
Mudlark pendant and earrings, made from pottery mudlarked from the Thames and canals of London, and set with pearls and semi-precious stones. The 1900s saw a flourishing of floral china influenced by the female market. The Edwardian era was the golden age of afternoon tea, in one of the new grand hotels such as the Ritz, or for the less wealthy, in Lyons Corner House, or the ABC tea rooms. Women could eat at these places without a male escort, and pretty, feminine china, reflected these new freedoms. Busy making for my open studios @artistsathome 16-18 June. Come and admire the flowers! #mudlarking #mudlarkingart #mudlarkers #flowers #uniquejewelry #floraldesign #floralpottery #chiswicklife #chiswick #hammersmith
Button necklace. I have been making a number of works inspired by the contemporary revival in sewing and handy crafts. This necklace is decorated with vintage glass buttons, dating from the early 20th C. They are beautiful objects, each one is different, and many buttons have their own little history. I will be showing Madeleine’s Button Box Jewellery at our Artists at Home weekend 16-18 June @artistsathome I also have a gallery (studio 64) on the Artists at Home Website www.artistsathome.co.uk.
#button #buttons #jewellery #necklaceoftheday #chiswickliving #hammersmith #kensington
May 23
Button necklace. I have been making a number of works inspired by the contemporary revival in sewing and handy crafts. This necklace is decorated with vintage glass buttons, dating from the early 20th C. They are beautiful objects, each one is different, and many buttons have their own little history. I will be showing Madeleine’s Button Box Jewellery at our Artists at Home weekend 16-18 June @artistsathome I also have a gallery (studio 64) on the Artists at Home Website www.artistsathome.co.uk.
#button #buttons #jewellery #necklaceoftheday #chiswickliving #hammersmith #kensington
Mudlark brooches. Working on different fragments for my Artists at Home weekend 16-18 June @artistsathome in Hammersmith. I save a lot of my favourite finds for brooches and I love the variety of shapes, patterns and stories. Top left, is a fragment of Victorian plate rim. It looked like an eye, hence the addition of a pearl tear. Below is a piece of Burgess’s Anchovy Paste Pot, complete with unicorn and the most fabulous London address. A true remnant from the golden age of packaging! Below this is a bit of 1920s nursery ware, very Mabel Lucie Atwell in style, set with a pearl and a piece of red coral, traditionally used for children’s teething rings and necklaces, and said to provide protection against the evil eye. Top right, the lion logo is from a plate used the Ritz hotel (est 1906), favourite haunt of Edward VII; the heart shaped fragment below is Victorian willow pattern, the shape expresses the story of the lovebirds and finally a piece of Wedgwood, c 1880, a fish and a wonderful thing to pull from the river. DM me if you are interested in any of these and I shall be posting more information about Artists at Home.
#artcollector #mudlarking #mudlark #foreshore #ritz #ritzcarlton #ritzlondon #brooch #recycling #recycledfashion #jewelry #uniquejewelry
May 20
Mudlark brooches. Working on different fragments for my Artists at Home weekend 16-18 June @artistsathome in Hammersmith. I save a lot of my favourite finds for brooches and I love the variety of shapes, patterns and stories. Top left, is a fragment of Victorian plate rim. It looked like an eye, hence the addition of a pearl tear. Below is a piece of Burgess’s Anchovy Paste Pot, complete with unicorn and the most fabulous London address. A true remnant from the golden age of packaging! Below this is a bit of 1920s nursery ware, very Mabel Lucie Atwell in style, set with a pearl and a piece of red coral, traditionally used for children’s teething rings and necklaces, and said to provide protection against the evil eye. Top right, the lion logo is from a plate used the Ritz hotel (est 1906), favourite haunt of Edward VII; the heart shaped fragment below is Victorian willow pattern, the shape expresses the story of the lovebirds and finally a piece of Wedgwood, c 1880, a fish and a wonderful thing to pull from the river. DM me if you are interested in any of these and I shall be posting more information about Artists at Home.
#artcollector #mudlarking #mudlark #foreshore #ritz #ritzcarlton #ritzlondon #brooch #recycling #recycledfashion #jewelry #uniquejewelry
Showing Sue Kreitzman @suekreitzman , queen of colour, the little sculpture I made, inspired by her. On the third Thursday of every month at Spitalfields Market in London, Sue and her colourfully dressed friends host a colour walk, a magnet for creative people who love colour and dressing up. If you are tired of monotone clothing, grey skies and gloomy news, I recommend it! #colours #colourwalk #funfashion #sculpture #spitalfieldsmarket #londonstyle
May 19
Showing Sue Kreitzman @suekreitzman , queen of colour, the little sculpture I made, inspired by her. On the third Thursday of every month at Spitalfields Market in London, Sue and her colourfully dressed friends host a colour walk, a magnet for creative people who love colour and dressing up. If you are tired of monotone clothing, grey skies and gloomy news, I recommend it! #colours #colourwalk #funfashion #sculpture #spitalfieldsmarket #londonstyle
Mudlark necklace made from Victorian and Edwardian pottery mudlarked from the Thames and canals of London. It can take years to find enough matching pieces to make a necklace. This is all violets, which in the Victorian Language of Flowers signified faithfulness. I am currently working on a series of floral designs for our Artists at Home @artistsathome weekend 16-18 June, when artists in Hammersmith and Chiswick open up their houses to the public. We haven’t had much of a spring so far, but if all goes according to plan, my home will be full of flowers.#flowers #flower #mudlarkersofinstagram #mudlark #mudlarkingtreasures #foreshore #beachcombing #beachcombers #languageofflowers #languageofflower #necklace #violet #artistsoninstagram #artistsathome
May 14
Mudlark necklace made from Victorian and Edwardian pottery mudlarked from the Thames and canals of London. It can take years to find enough matching pieces to make a necklace. This is all violets, which in the Victorian Language of Flowers signified faithfulness. I am currently working on a series of floral designs for our Artists at Home @artistsathome weekend 16-18 June, when artists in Hammersmith and Chiswick open up their houses to the public. We haven’t had much of a spring so far, but if all goes according to plan, my home will be full of flowers.#flowers #flower #mudlarkersofinstagram #mudlark #mudlarkingtreasures #foreshore #beachcombing #beachcombers #languageofflowers #languageofflower #necklace #violet #artistsoninstagram #artistsathome
Some of today’s beachcombing finds on the beautiful island of Tresco, on the Scillies. Sea glass, Staffordshire slipware, a piece of willow pattern with lovebirds, a couple of shotgun cartridge bases and centre, my favourite find, a mysterious piece of copper, electrical equipment. Our clever holiday companion, Ian Harris, former silverware expert on the Antiques Roadshow, has identified this as servant’s bells, presumably once summoning the staff in the Abbey, the grand house of the island. Our other clever holiday companion, my former English tutor at Cambridge, suggested that it was the remnant of a cyborg people who dominated earth before the advent of man. Could this be a reason why l didn’t do that well in my university finals? I do hope it is servant bells. Other suggestions are welcome.#beachcomber #beachcombing #tresco #scilly #scillyisles #foreshore
Apr 30
Some of today’s beachcombing finds on the beautiful island of Tresco, on the Scillies. Sea glass, Staffordshire slipware, a piece of willow pattern with lovebirds, a couple of shotgun cartridge bases and centre, my favourite find, a mysterious piece of copper, electrical equipment. Our clever holiday companion, Ian Harris, former silverware expert on the Antiques Roadshow, has identified this as servant’s bells, presumably once summoning the staff in the Abbey, the grand house of the island. Our other clever holiday companion, my former English tutor at Cambridge, suggested that it was the remnant of a cyborg people who dominated earth before the advent of man. Could this be a reason why l didn’t do that well in my university finals? I do hope it is servant bells. Other suggestions are welcome.#beachcomber #beachcombing #tresco #scilly #scillyisles #foreshore
Mudlark Bracelets made with pottery mudlarked from the Thames and canals of London and set with semi-precious stones. Madeleine says it with Flowers! Preparing for Artists at Home www.artists at home.co.uk. Open weekend 16th-18 June. #artistsoninstagram #artistsathome #mudlarking #mudlark #mudlarkers #beachcomber #beachcombing #beachcombingfinds #foreshore #thamesfinds #bracelet #bracelets #jewellery #flowers #sayitwithflowers
Apr 28
Mudlark Bracelets made with pottery mudlarked from the Thames and canals of London and set with semi-precious stones. Madeleine says it with Flowers! Preparing for Artists at Home www.artists at home.co.uk. Open weekend 16th-18 June. #artistsoninstagram #artistsathome #mudlarking #mudlark #mudlarkers #beachcomber #beachcombing #beachcombingfinds #foreshore #thamesfinds #bracelet #bracelets #jewellery #flowers #sayitwithflowers
So that is why unicorns disappeared - Bernard Matthews turned them into kid’s frozen food (if food is the right word …).
#unicorns #unicorn #frozenfood #supermarket
Apr 24
So that is why unicorns disappeared - Bernard Matthews turned them into kid’s frozen food (if food is the right word …).
#unicorns #unicorn #frozenfood #supermarket
Probably my favourite Mudlark brooch. It’s a piece of Edwardian plate rim, but when we cut it into a heart shape it developed a surreal twist. Looking at it, I can see one abstracted female face looking ahead, or two female faces looking at each other in profile. It makes me think of Schiaparelli. The joy of working with found objects is that you never know what you are going to find or what they are going to turn into. Just put this on the website of www.artistsathome.co.uk @artistsathome , preparing for our open studios in June. #mudlarkingart #mudlarking #mudlark #foreshore #beachcombing #surrealism #surrealart #brooches #artist #uniquejewelry #mudlarkers #thamespottery #thamesforeshore
Apr 22
Probably my favourite Mudlark brooch. It’s a piece of Edwardian plate rim, but when we cut it into a heart shape it developed a surreal twist. Looking at it, I can see one abstracted female face looking ahead, or two female faces looking at each other in profile. It makes me think of Schiaparelli. The joy of working with found objects is that you never know what you are going to find or what they are going to turn into. Just put this on the website of www.artistsathome.co.uk @artistsathome , preparing for our open studios in June. #mudlarkingart #mudlarking #mudlark #foreshore #beachcombing #surrealism #surrealart #brooches #artist #uniquejewelry #mudlarkers #thamespottery #thamesforeshore
Mudlark mirror going on display at the Chiswick Calendar art and photography exhibition at the Clayton Hotel @claytonhotelchiswick 626 Chiswick High Rd, W4 5RY. Exhibition runs Monday 17 April to Sunday 11 June. Private view : Tuesday 18April 7.30 pm. Come and meet the artists @thechiswickcalendar #mudlark #mudlarkinguk #chiswick #hammersmith #forshore #londonartscene #whatsoninlondon #artistsoninstagram #chiswickliving
Apr 16
Mudlark mirror going on display at the Chiswick Calendar art and photography exhibition at the Clayton Hotel @claytonhotelchiswick 626 Chiswick High Rd, W4 5RY. Exhibition runs Monday 17 April to Sunday 11 June. Private view : Tuesday 18April 7.30 pm. Come and meet the artists @thechiswickcalendar #mudlark #mudlarkinguk #chiswick #hammersmith #forshore #londonartscene #whatsoninlondon #artistsoninstagram #chiswickliving
Mary Quant’s tin of makeup crayons, c.1970, inspired when she saw her models making up their eyes using Caran Dache pencils. Quant’s stylish modern packaging signalled the the death of the traditional golden powder compact. “Never have curly gilt or pink plastic. To me they are the antithesis of femininity,” she wrote in the sixties. “.. the Look isn’t just the garments you wear. It’s the way you put the makeup on, the way you do your hair, even the way you smoke your fag. Makeup -old style, is out”. RIP the Queen of Swinging London. #quant #maryquant #sixties #sixtiesfashion #swingingsixties #makeup #vintagestyle #vintagemakeup #swinginglondon #eyemakeup
Apr 13
Mary Quant’s tin of makeup crayons, c.1970, inspired when she saw her models making up their eyes using Caran Dache pencils. Quant’s stylish modern packaging signalled the the death of the traditional golden powder compact. “Never have curly gilt or pink plastic. To me they are the antithesis of femininity,” she wrote in the sixties. “.. the Look isn’t just the garments you wear. It’s the way you put the makeup on, the way you do your hair, even the way you smoke your fag. Makeup -old style, is out”. RIP the Queen of Swinging London. #quant #maryquant #sixties #sixtiesfashion #swingingsixties #makeup #vintagestyle #vintagemakeup #swinginglondon #eyemakeup
Mudlark Crab, wall hanging sculpture made from pottery mudlarked from the Thames and canals of London. Clay tobacco pipes were perfect for making crab legs! My fish now has a friend and both will be swimming off to the Chiswick Calendar Art Exhibition which opens at the Clayton hotel @claytonhotelchiswick on Tuesday 18 April and runs until mid-June. #mudlark #mudlarking #thamesriver #foreshore #foreshorefinds #crab #sculpture #beachcombing #beachcombingfinds #chiswickliving #crabs #recycled #sustainable #sustainablysourced #sculptures #sculptureart
Apr 10
Mudlark Crab, wall hanging sculpture made from pottery mudlarked from the Thames and canals of London. Clay tobacco pipes were perfect for making crab legs! My fish now has a friend and both will be swimming off to the Chiswick Calendar Art Exhibition which opens at the Clayton hotel @claytonhotelchiswick on Tuesday 18 April and runs until mid-June. #mudlark #mudlarking #thamesriver #foreshore #foreshorefinds #crab #sculpture #beachcombing #beachcombingfinds #chiswickliving #crabs #recycled #sustainable #sustainablysourced #sculptures #sculptureart
Mudlark Fish, wall-hanging sculpture made with pottery and tobacco pipes mudlarked from the Thames and canals of London. Suitable post for a Good Friday, when according to the lent traditions you should abstain from meat. Happy Easter, happy Passover, happy Ramadan, and wishing happiness for all. #mudlark #mudlarking #beachcombing #beachcombingfinds #thamesfinds #forshore #thameshistory #thamesfinds #fish #fishart #artistsathome #londonmudlarking #londonart
Apr 7
Mudlark Fish, wall-hanging sculpture made with pottery and tobacco pipes mudlarked from the Thames and canals of London. Suitable post for a Good Friday, when according to the lent traditions you should abstain from meat. Happy Easter, happy Passover, happy Ramadan, and wishing happiness for all. #mudlark #mudlarking #beachcombing #beachcombingfinds #thamesfinds #forshore #thameshistory #thamesfinds #fish #fishart #artistsathome #londonmudlarking #londonart
The lovely Sue Kreitzman @suekreitzman and friends brightening up Spitalfields Market in London this morning. A burst of colour is good for the eyes and a treat for the soul. #color #colorful #colour #colours #colourful #colourfulclothes
Apr 6
The lovely Sue Kreitzman @suekreitzman and friends brightening up Spitalfields Market in London this morning. A burst of colour is good for the eyes and a treat for the soul. #color #colorful #colour #colours #colourful #colourfulclothes
Wall- hanging sculpture of Arachne. According to Greek myth, Arachne was a talented seamstress who challenged Athena, goddess of weaving, to a contest. Not only was her work better than Athena’s, but she portrayed scenes of the gods raping and brutalising women. Her winning prize? She was turned into a spider (hence arachnid) so that she could spin for all eternity…. This sculpture shows her in mid transformation and has just left my house to hang on someone else’s wall. #spider #spiders #spiderwoman #spidersweb #greekmyth #greekmythologyart #artistsathome #sculptures #weaving
Apr 2
Wall- hanging sculpture of Arachne. According to Greek myth, Arachne was a talented seamstress who challenged Athena, goddess of weaving, to a contest. Not only was her work better than Athena’s, but she portrayed scenes of the gods raping and brutalising women. Her winning prize? She was turned into a spider (hence arachnid) so that she could spin for all eternity…. This sculpture shows her in mid transformation and has just left my house to hang on someone else’s wall. #spider #spiders #spiderwoman #spidersweb #greekmyth #greekmythologyart #artistsathome #sculptures #weaving
Such a wet and miserable day that I consoled myself by making flower basket earrings: Summer on the ears if nowhere else and for a bit of added escapism you can rub the baskets with your favourite essential oil. Preparing for Artists at Home @artistsathome . #flowers #earrings #flowerbasket #flowerbaskets #summmer #artistsathome #unique Jewellery xxx
Mar 28
Such a wet and miserable day that I consoled myself by making flower basket earrings: Summer on the ears if nowhere else and for a bit of added escapism you can rub the baskets with your favourite essential oil. Preparing for Artists at Home @artistsathome . #flowers #earrings #flowerbasket #flowerbaskets #summmer #artistsathome #unique Jewellery xxx
Happy New Year from “They” my little sculptural tribute to gender fluidity, all dressed up for a party. Wishing everyone health, happiness and fabulous frockage in 2023. Xxx #genderfluid #dressingup #party #sculptures #18thcenturyfashion
Jan 1
Happy New Year from “They” my little sculptural tribute to gender fluidity, all dressed up for a party. Wishing everyone health, happiness and fabulous frockage in 2023. Xxx #genderfluid #dressingup #party #sculptures #18thcenturyfashion
