Toby Attrill’s knotted jewelry
I met Toby and Penny Attrill through our blogs and was quite taken by Toby’s really fun knotted jewelry…some made with ribbon and some with hemp. Toby put together some images of his work that he’s allowing me to share with you, and also some information on how he got started.
Toby Attrill is a young jewellery maker; he has designed various collections and also creates to commission. He is assisted by Penny, his Mum, who helps with some design ideas and also a lot of the administration. Toby has always been artistic, going to ceramics class for a few years now, enjoying cooking, sewing, texiles, creating artworks on the computer using Photoshop, and making things with his Dad in his workshop. The jewellery started a couple of years ago on holiday, where he met up with another boy who made beads from polymer clay. Toby came home, and started experimenting himself, making bracelets from the handmade beads, selling them, and gradually embellishing them more with shells and buttons, collecting ceramic fragments, buying hemp and ribbons, touring antique fairs for vintage beads, and finally now also using sterling silver in his creations. He supplies 7 shops and sells quite a lot from our blog.
You can see his designer range at: Attrill’s Blogspot
To find out more about his work in general see: Natural Attrill
To see his latest jewellery and ceramic creations, and generally what we are up to, visit our blog, and PLEASE say hello, leave us a comment! Natural Attrill Blogspot
Penny & Toby
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June 1st, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Toby makes some fabulous jewelry, very organic almost ancient in looks. He’s one clever little chap!! (His mum’s a mean illustrator as well!)
June 1st, 2007 at 4:09 pm
Hey, well done Toby, you really are a chip off the old block. Talent really does run in the family!!!