About me:
My name is Sharon Tippett and I am an artist/maker/crafter based in Devon.
I don't like to define myself specifically as an artist or as crafter...I just like to CREATE!!! Some days I like to sew, other days I like to paint. I'm always looking to learn a new craft or skill and that makes me a bit of a hoarder for crafting stuff.
I purchase my Harris Tweed from a small selection of weavers on Harris who, on the whole, weave the designs they want. This means that the designs are often bolder, wackier that what you would expect from the more traditional tweeds (not much green/brown coming from these weaving sheds).
This also means that I often can only get a tweed once, so once it's gone, it's gone!
Being a handmade process, the tweed isn't "perfect", but that makes it all the more unique.
All the weavers I use are affiliated to the Harris Tweed Authority, meaning that their tweeds have to pass a rigorous examination before it is given the stamp of approval.
My process is mostly done by hand; hand cut, hand printed & hand sewn. I'm sure it would be 10 times quicker to do it all by machine, but for me it's all about the process and the time it gives me to think. It's almost like a mediation
I make a range of cards and home decorations and am always up for a commission piece ;-)
I don't like to define myself specifically as an artist or as crafter...I just like to CREATE!!! Some days I like to sew, other days I like to paint. I'm always looking to learn a new craft or skill and that makes me a bit of a hoarder for crafting stuff.
I purchase my Harris Tweed from a small selection of weavers on Harris who, on the whole, weave the designs they want. This means that the designs are often bolder, wackier that what you would expect from the more traditional tweeds (not much green/brown coming from these weaving sheds).
This also means that I often can only get a tweed once, so once it's gone, it's gone!
Being a handmade process, the tweed isn't "perfect", but that makes it all the more unique.
All the weavers I use are affiliated to the Harris Tweed Authority, meaning that their tweeds have to pass a rigorous examination before it is given the stamp of approval.
My process is mostly done by hand; hand cut, hand printed & hand sewn. I'm sure it would be 10 times quicker to do it all by machine, but for me it's all about the process and the time it gives me to think. It's almost like a mediation
I make a range of cards and home decorations and am always up for a commission piece ;-)
