Part 2
Following the wonderful response by visitors to our small Jane Austen project for the Passionate Women exhibition, we were asked by Whitchurch Silk Mill to create a second set of embroidered stamp pieces. These would form part of a display to launch their beautiful Jane Austen ribbons woven on site. Heritage silk weaving is now on the red list of vanishing skills and the young weavers at the Mill have been working on a project of celebratory ribbons with The Jane Austen House to mark the 250th anniversary of the writer’s birthday next year. We have been bowled over by the comments about the original pieces we made and so are thrilled to be working alongside the Mill to bring a second set of these 2013 postage stamps to the public. Each stamp has been interpreted by individual members of the group, bringing unique designs to these one-off pieces. They are now on display in the Silk Mill shop and are for sale.
The Alchemist's Needle 