Friday Folksy Finds - All About Eggs

Well, Happy Easter to all,  I hope you are having a peaceful Easter weekend  As it is Good Friday it had to be about eggs didn't it and I have had such fun looking a so many egg cosies.  There are some very imaginative designer out there in Folksy land.  Looking at 'egg' led to some beautiful  pieces and gorgeous Duck Egg and Robin Egg colourways, here are my favourites.

Skydancer Jewellery and Glass

This delightful piece of glass is described as a Robin's Egg Globe and it really does have the colour of a robin's egg.  Thought these globes were very pretty and would make interesting light catchers in the right place.  They have all kinds, colours and sizes of blown glass globes, even large alchemy globes - be dazzled by their colourful collection at their shop.

Bluebell Woodturning

A pretty twist on a classic egg subject, I really liked the combination of wooden egg cup and wooden egg. The woods chosen complement each other so well, I would like a series of these in different combinations of wood on my bookshelf in the kitchen.  They have a range of wood turned bowls and vessels in the shop, I particularly like the spalted beech bowl.

Kirsti B Ceramics

I really like this lady's buttons but loved this ceramic egg when investigating this post.  This is a hollow porcelain egg with stamped decorations and then high fired before having copper and manganese oxide applied to bring out the details in the decoration.  Really different.

Selvage

Rachel Collins makes the most amazing Fairisle cushions, scarves, blankets and cosy hot waterbottle covers.  This gorgeous Fairisle blanket really caught my eye because it is Duck Egg Blue and fits very neatly I thought, in my All About Eggs finds.  Check out this lady's shop, her Thistledown pieces are to die for and really worth a look.

woodturnedconcepts

Fred Selman makes these egg cup goblets, I think they are the most intriguing shape.  Kind of the Holy Grail of egg cups.  He makes all things egg related and his kitchen egg stand is great, many of his pieces are the classic wood turned wares you see everywhere but some of his work is really original and worth a look. His stained, lidded ash bowl is lovely, but I do so like the egg cup goblet.

Well that is All About Eggs and hope you enjoyed them, Becca and I are settled in now for the weekend.  I have a couple of orders to sort out for next week and Becca is so busy with her degree show that the Easter break is over for her and she has to work straight through.  David is not settled, he is off up to Penrith to walk a hill that is usually a MOD rifle range but he assures me it is safe this weekend - daft or what. Whatever your plan for Easter I hope it is a happy one.