Tuesday, 19 July 2016

Tuesday Talent - Emma Verner-Webb

 As you probably know I love birds and one of my favourite artists working at the moment is the maker Emma Verner-Webb also known as The Cotton Potter.  A doll maker of sorts, she is an English designer/maker of cloth bird sculptures based on the familiar garden birds of her home in Norfolk.

The works vary, she works with floral cottons, tweeds and sometime screen printed fabrics all to create meticulously detailed sculptures.  I have bought for myself and for friends and relatives and the birds arrive beautifully packaged in their own box with nesting material and a chocolate egg - wonderful.

She has a strong web presence both on Folksy and Etsy, with odd pins on Pinterest.  Sadly her blog is no longer posting but she has a Facebook page filled with all kinds of information.  Check out her web shops and be in for a treat of brightly coloured avian delights waiting for a home.

Her interesting and catchy business name arose as she started off studying ceramics before making ceramic inspired cotton products for her shops.  The birds came later and I am so glad they did.





The shops can be found at :

https://folksy.com/shops/TheCottonPotter
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheCottonPotter

https://www.facebook.com/TheCottonPotter/

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