With the impending 30th birthday of my best friend Juliet, I wondered what to buy the girl who has everything... that is until Clair Muir presented Andover Women in Business Club with her fascinating story!
After three years at Bishop Otter College, Chichester, Claire received a First Class Honours degree in Art and Related Arts, giving her the opportunity for a further year’s Postgraduate study in the Textiles Department of Glasgow School of Art.Subsequent employment as a designer of headdresses and accessories for Stageworks Worldwide Productions enabled her to experiment with and to evaluate the potential of a wide range of techniques and materials. The experience and knowledge she amassed during this period she has since developed further as displayed in her current creations.
Claire regularly exhibits her work and demonstrates her skills at exhibitions countrywide. She is also happy to talk about her work and ideas to Guilds and other societies and has also organised practical workshops for interested parties.
After seeing some of the pieces Clair makes, I decided to commission a Gerbera Brooch for Juliet, in black hand embroidered lace with a sparkly black and cream beaded centre. I collected it a week later and was so pleased with it, an unusual personal gift for my friend - she loved it by the way!
Initial enquiries are welcomed by phone or email and can be followed up with meetings with Claire at her studio.
For more information about Clair visit her website: www.clairemuir.co.uk
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