Blog – Pelhams

My Inspiration behind 'Only Connect'

by Liz Emtage March 22, 2023

In January I decided I was going to apply to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. This year the theme is ‘Only Connect’ which is a quote from EM Fo...

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Royal Academy Summer Exhibiton 2023

by Liz Emtage March 17, 2023

In January I decided I was going to apply to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. As a child it was one of the first galleries I visited. My Great ...

Jan & Julia: Candle Making Entrepreneurs

by Liz Emtage March 07, 2023

Jan and Julia are local women who met in 2012, forging a friendship and working together for many years in finance. In 2020, Jan decided to take ea...

A personalized wedding gift

by Liz Emtage July 05, 2022

Weddings are personal, very often emotional events. They are the kind of occasion where if you know the bride and groom well you want to give them ...

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The power of a personalized gift.

by Liz Emtage June 15, 2022

Some of my favourite presents are handmade – a thought out, hand made card from one of my children. Or a painting or hand thrown bowl that someone...

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'Made by Ria' - Handmade soaps made in St Leonards.

by Liz Emtage November 08, 2021

I had been dreaming about having some beautiful handmade soaps to sell alongside my handmade porcelain soap dishes when I was introduced to Ria's s...

A great team - The ArtSpring Gallery

by Liz Emtage November 25, 2020

There is nothing quite as magical as working with a good team of people. In team sport a good team is what succeeds – the ball moves quickly, nobod...

Mother’s Day

by Liz Emtage March 19, 2020

On Sunday it is Mother’s Day. As a child I loved Mother’s Day - it was a happy time as the house and garden was filled with daffodils and my Mum wa...

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Glazing – it’s all in the preparation

by Liz Emtage June 17, 2018

So much about glazing is about first getting in the right frame of mind: the ‘glaze’ state. I need to be focused and undisturbed. This doesn’t mean...

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Where Ideas Come From

by Liz Emtage May 17, 2018

It’s amazing how an idea can hit you out of nowhere. When I was living in London I used to cycle to work and home again. At the end of the day it w...

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Earliest Memories of Clay

by Liz Emtage November 30, 2017

Not everybody has had the luxury of knowing what they want to do since they were very young. It’s not that I haven’t been interested in other thing...

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My interest in furniture

by Geoff Osler November 20, 2017

My interest in furniture started at a very young age from a visit to my Grandmother ’Gammie', who lived in Winnipeg, Canada, in a house furnished i...

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