I
recently found an old A-Z map of London, and thought that this would make an
ideal resource for my crafts. I’m
currently working on a piece of mixed media art using the page showing the very
heart of the city. But I have also made this silver necklace which features
Piccadilly Circus.
Piccadilly
Circus, with its iconic Eros statue will strike a note of fondness for any
London lover or Anglophile. Even as I type this, I am humming to myself the
line from the old wartime song…”goodbye Piccadilly, farewell Leicester Square…” It’s an unusual name, resonant of flashing
lights and seedy backstreets. Apparently
the name comes from a lacy collar – which a purchaser of the land in the 17th
century had made his fortune in producing.
From
collar to necklace, it’s all quite appropriate.
The
necklace is now on sale in my Etsy shop:
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