Linda Lovatt
Beastie Assemblage
WOW!!
What a
colourful person!
Linda Lovatt
came into the classroom wearing a green dress, green tights, pink cardigan and
yellow shoes. With her small petite frame she very much reassembles the look of
a magical fairy, something I later found also reassembles her working life and
art.
Linda is the
owner and creator of a little studio in the town of Jedburgh, Scottish Borders.
She specialists in making whimsical jewellery assemblages from copper, brass
and other fragments she finds interesting from the past. Such as china, dug up
from her own garden. A lot of her inspiration does come for the garden and
nature.
After studying a BTEC for 2 years, then going onto doing a degree in visual
communications, she went freelance. Working for a company mainly illustrating
characters such as Winnie the Pooh and Beatrix Potter. However, she felt they
was very little self-expression in her work. After 20 years working for others
she decided to open her own shop/studio. Beastie Assemblage was opened and she
also attended craft fairs, which then led her to be approached by galleries
looking to display some of her work.
The
ornaments she makes are very small and delicate. Using a solar iron
method to mould most of her pieces together. This is a very cheap but affective
way of working, and keeps cost and space minimum. Her workload doubled and she
ended up having to expand her business and take on more staff. She did stress
though that it was important to keep her output small as she doesn’t want to go
globe or her pieces to become to available.
Overall, I
think Linda has gained knowledge over the years and if I took something away
from her talk it was that, to be open to what you are good at! Being one-minded
isn’t always the correct or only route to take but also that mistakes or
learning can bring up different ideas and understanding! Its an ever changing world and research and being
up to date is essential, as well as a good trustworthy team behind you.
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