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Donna Marie Strachan
  • 37, Female
  • London
  • United Kingdom
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Etsy Shop:
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5321109
Website:
http://dmstrachan.co.uk
Blog:
http://dmstrachan.co.uk
Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21277662@N06/
About Me:
I'm a Scottish designer, currently living and working in London. I work with natural materials and also make my own beads and yarns when I can't quite find what I want. I also find it relaxing to spin yarn or transform a lump of polymer clay into something beautiful.

My jewellery regularly features components in a fairly natural state. I'm not such a great fan of perfect faceted gems. If mother nature has done a wonderful job, I don't see the need to mess with it :) And why have a gem that anyone can walk into a store and ask for, when you could have a unique stone instead?

I favour materials that are environmentally friendly, either sourced from responsible suppliers or recycled goods. I love rummaging through charity shops and picking up odds and ends as I walk in the countryside. There's a certain satisfaction from transforming something that's been left to rot, into an object of beauty.

When it comes to my textiles, I own a flock of sheep bred exclusively for fibre production (none sold for meat/sent for slaughter) to high welfare standards with minimal harsh chemical usage, so their fleeces are free of harmful residue. Some of my girls actually fall asleep while I shear them, so you can safely say I'm a gentle shearer! I know a lot of my fellow vegetarians are worried about animal welfare in fibre production, so I hope this reassures some of you to look for animal friendly fuzzy goods here and elsewhere, because not all farmers are evil :)

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31 July 2008

There never seems to be enough time in the day, even when I'm on holiday from my office job. But then I did go on a tidying frenzy of my craft area which then spilt over into a complete flat makeover. At least I can find things now. And sorting through my beads has given me a few ideas to work with. Now to get busy with promotion - again :D

Posted on July 31, 2008 at 11:38am

Pearlexed

I've made up a colour card of my Pearlex powders so I can have customers pick metallic finishes on my custom pieces. Also testing the new ones for my own reference. As some are showing the clay colour quite a lot, I'm going to get some of my old clay in primary colours to make up reference palettes.

Posted on January 15, 2008 at 2:25am

I feel naughty

I've moulded a piece of jewellery I made. I feel like I've committed some artistic sin by introducing a mould to my life. I just wanted to make more of this design to offer it in other colours. It's lovely making unique pieces, but I felt this one was grossly under priced for that. And I love it so much I don't really want to sell the thing. That's the real motivator lol. Be honest Donna, you did the Golem "my preeeeeeeecious" thing a few times.



We'll see how the mould works out when… Continue

Posted on January 14, 2008 at 12:40pm

I love charity shops

Maybe because I'm living on a tight budget, but also because they're a great source of beads! I can add to my stash, save some money and help out a local charity.





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y latest visit was a good one, some scarves I can turn into jewellery bags, and for the bead stash, shell beads, and some

which… Continue

Posted on January 12, 2008 at 5:58pm

Hi

Just getting started here, so it's a bit empty till I figure everything out :)

Posted on January 11, 2008 at 1:44am

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At 7:33am on January 9, 2008, Gay said…
Welcome, nice store.
 
 
 




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