Since the summer of 2016 I have been working alongside the South West Regional National Trust on a collection of limited edition lambswool throws, sales of which will go towards supporting the work of the Trust in protecting one of Cornwall’s most spectacular headlands – Trevose Head close to Padstow in North Cornwall. My ambition is to weave 100…
My love of Trevose Head goes back to my childhood and has been a major influence on my creative development. It is the result of my mother’s wish to bring her family to Cornwall each summer so that she could share her own love of the place where she grew up. Our family stayed in Parson’s Hut, a tiny…
My Trevose Head Collection of handwoven throws are inspired by my own childhood memories of this wonderful place. They were designed by me for my fundraising campaign to help the National Trust in its work to conserve the headland, and they are each handwoven by me using the finest lambswool. A limited edition of 100 throws, I will be donating…
In 2016, thanks to gifts in wills and generous donations, the National Trust was able to purchase Trevose Head when for the first time it came up for sale. In July that year, the National Trust launched a campaign to raise £250,000 to support conservation work on the headland. The Trust intends to safeguard the ownership of Trevose Head and…
You can see how my Trevose Head Campaign is doing by visiting my Weaving a path for Trevose Head page on Just Giving. I shall be updating this page each time I send my donations from the sale of Trevose Head throws to the South West Regional National Trust. The money will be put into their Trevose Head Campaign fund.…