Bag Charm With Girl On Swing and Ladybirds Other We love the Japanese stylised

We love the Japanese stylised Kokeshi folk art dolls

I've spent many happy hours making the beaded beads for this red and green beetle which I picked up on my travels in Northumberland

old brass escutcheon and various other curious oddities

wear also as a tiara

We certainly hope so

Bag Charm With Girl On Swing and Ladybirds Other We love the Japanese stylisedThis little figure sitting on a swing was originally part of a small cuckoo clock. I tried hard to get it to work but it was beyond repair. I have reinvented the pendulum so that it lives on albeit in a different form (I collect cuckoo clocks). I have combined it with some small wooden ladybirds and they all hang from a string of vintage beads.