What caused you to make the move from acrylic to natural fibres?
Each collection I try to use a new material so the design process is always interesting. The shift from acrylic to wood was great; it was a lot more time consuming and hands on! I hand stain and varnish each piece so the result is always different. In my latest collection Betty & Clive (which is in stores now across Australia) I also used stainless steel and layered it with the wood silhouettes which gave the pieces a really vintage vibe! What inspired the Betty & Clive collection? Betty & Clive is inspired by the cult TV series Antique Roadshow and everything vintage! So I turned to Granny’s old furniture and bric a brac for inspiration so think cuckoo clocks, gramophones and flying ducks! The collection titles “Horseplay & Ponytails” and “Dressage” both have fairly obvious equine references… are you a My Little Pony girl at heart? My collections are all ‘horsey’ referenced but I’m not sure why, I think I have been on a horse once in my life! The Betty & Clive collection was named aft
