A couple of months ago I was asked to make two necklaces and earrings using a letter sent to the customers mother from her parents. It is always a treat to make pieces using peoples treasures. I appreciate it when customers trust me to work with their treasures, I always make sure we have made a...

I have, very slowly collected Tin Types since a trip to a flea market in New York many years ago. I had never seen them before and found them fascinating. They are made on really thin sheets of iron rather than tin, they were informally named tin types due to feeling like tin. I love all things old,...

So we recently visited the house where Fela Anikulapo Kuti was born and raised in Abeokuta, Nigeria. It was actually closed for mainainance, but with a little persuation they where incredibly kind enough to show us round. The rooms upstairs still enough furniture, pictures on the walls, and personal...