I
had the idea of combining my love of books and maps in jewellery. My first attempt, using a paper map, didn’t
work so well. The theme was the Mitford
Sisters, and I cut out the area around their childhood home at Swinbrook in the
Cotswolds. Unfortunately, there being high ground around here, a lot of colours
were used in the printing of the map and they smudged when I applied the glue.
My
next attempt was an Agatha Christie themed necklace, featuring her home in the
Dart Valley. The map used was a 1940s
cloth bound OS map of Devon, and as you can see, this worked well. This necklace soon sold in my Etsy shop,
SewsAttic.
I
have another still for sale, made using an area of Dartmoor. Hound Tor doesn’t strictly have any literary
associations as far as I know (I’d love to be corrected if I’m wrong!) However, it makes me think of the ‘Hound of
the Baskervilles’.
The
necklaces are so easy to make. I got a kit
from ebay, consisting of a silver chain, pendent holder and glass dome. Simply glue your map into the pendent holder,
then when this is totally dry, glue to glass dome onto the top.
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