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Two Turtle Doves: A Memoir of Making Things - Signed Copy

£16.99
  • Signed Copy by Alex Monroe
  • Language: English
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Circus
  • 240 pages
  • FSC Certified Paper
The tale of a life spent making things, Alex's memoir reminisces on a childhood spent in 1970's Suffolk and the stories behind his most iconic pieces of jewellery! From full-out warfare waged against the local schoolboys to the freedom found in daredevil Raleigh bike antics to the delicacies of dress-making and the most intricate designs for jewellery, Two Turtle Doves traces the intimate journey of how an idea is transformed from a fleeting thought into an exquisite piece of jewellery. It is about where we find our creativity, how we remember and why we make the things we do.

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Two Turtle Doves: A Memoir of Making Things - Signed Copy

The tale of a life spent making things, Alex's memoir reminisces on a childhood spent in 1970's Suffolk and the stories behind his most iconic pieces of jewellery! From full-out warfare waged against the local schoolboys to the freedom found in daredevil Raleigh bike antics to the delicacies of dress-making and the most intricate designs for jewellery, Two Turtle Doves traces the intimate journey of how an idea is transformed from a fleeting thought into an exquisite piece of jewellery. It is about where we find our creativity, how we remember and why we make the things we do.
  • Signed Copy by Alex Monroe
  • Language: English
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Circus
  • 240 pages
  • FSC Certified Paper
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TTD-BOOK
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