Tuesday, 31 January 2012

New pieces available at Place, Gorey, Co. Wexford

Lillie has attracted attention with her new cabinet at Place, art gallery and shop in Gorey. Co. Wexford.  She has created many new, unique pieces for the cabinet, including earrings, badges, pendants and necklaces.  All are handmade and all have their own particular story...

'The Collector', named after one of Lillie's closest friends, Hubert Clane, who left to Lillie, in his will, his entire collection of objets bizarre.  This piece can be worn open, as above, or closed, with all of the charms clustered together..


'The Collector' (detail)

'Charmed'... Lillie lets tiny trinkets and personal keepsakes find their own ways together.  Here, religious discs, and fragments of gifted jewellery dangle and jangle beside a modern frilled resin disc and pumpkin bead.

'I Spy....'  In gratitude for a deep friendship with her father, an optician's daughter presented these genuine lenses to Lillie, after his death.  (Limited edition)

'Nearly Twins'....These trinkety earrings match and don't match..

'Postcards from Rome'... Lillie herself bought this tiny postcard booklet while she was holidaying in Rome.

'Postcards from Rome' is leather bound with Roma embossed on the front.  Inside are tiny postcard images of all the best spots!

'Revolution' was created using gros grain ribbon from a favourite hat of Lillie's.


Another detail from 'The Collector', tiny bell, brass heart, coloured beads and diamante...

Thursday, 12 January 2012

New year, new treasures!

In her boxes of trinkets and gauds, Lillie has found some more beautiful antique optician's lenses.... These will be available to purchase at Place shop and gallery in Gorey.