- MEET THE TEAM -
Rachel Harries
I
live in sunny Barrybados made famous by “Gavin and Stacey”.
I
can’t remember a time in my life when I wasn’t creating something, some of my
earliest memories are of creating with my Grandparents, my Grandfather taught
me to knit at a very early age and there wasn’t a lolly stick or empty toilet
roll that wasn’t used in some sort of construction. I don’t think there was
ever a moment when something wasn’t being made, this carried on with my parents
too so I really was fortunate to have a head start in that regard.
As
well as enjoying all kinds of creative practise in my own time, I incorporated
creative media with some of my client’s as a Counsellor and found it the most
perfect way to allow people to bypass all the defensive mechanisms that can get
in the way of healing.
Poor
health forced me to give up my therapeutic practise and to keep myself
relatively sane I focused more on arts and crafts.
I
was very fortunate to have been involved with Scrappers Unlimited where I
taught a couple of lessons for my late and wonderful friend Chrissie Gwyther, I
also put together lessons for a small group locally, this has moved on to
having a lesson last year included in Effy Wilds amazing Book of Days, a year
long online art journalling course. I’ve been fortunate enough to feature on
Hochanda’s blog as on of their ambassadors, I’ve done some design team work for
Hobbybase and I’m currently making samples for Polkadoodles I do some artwork
and illustrations for other projects and have a couple of exciting projects on
the go in that respect and now of course Lisa Horton Crafts.
I
love to share techniques and ideas and I’m always happy to answer any questions
or help in anyway I can. I really enjoy helping people get results from their
crafting that make them smile, it’s one of the greatest joys there is, I’m
looking forward to hosting small workshops from my home studio in the not to
distant future.
You
can find me
It looks like you have helped a lot of people through your love of craft Rachel. I look forward to seeing more of your beautiful work xx
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