Victoriana Archives - The Devon Mermaid https://devonmermaid.com/tag/victoriana/ Seashell gifts handmade in Devon Sun, 05 Feb 2023 18:09:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/devonmermaid.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_20221022_210627_167-scaled-e1667574855217.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Victoriana Archives - The Devon Mermaid https://devonmermaid.com/tag/victoriana/ 32 32 211831532 The Devon Mermaid – it started with a dish… https://devonmermaid.com/2023/01/12/the-devon-mermaid-it-started-with-a-dish/ https://devonmermaid.com/2023/01/12/the-devon-mermaid-it-started-with-a-dish/#respond Thu, 12 Jan 2023 21:47:28 +0000 https://devonmermaid.com/?p=255 Precisely, this glass dish, inherited from my grandmother, a stout Victorian lady. It’s a beautiful little work of art made from decoupaged multicoloured sweetie wrappers – imagine Quality Street – (other sweeties are available) set inside a glass frame and painted in gold on the back. Taking this as my inspiration The Devon Mermaid has […]

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]]> Precisely, this glass dish, inherited from my grandmother, a stout Victorian lady. It’s a beautiful little work of art made from decoupaged multicoloured sweetie wrappers – imagine Quality Street – (other sweeties are available) set inside a glass frame and painted in gold on the back. Taking this as my inspiration The Devon Mermaid has reimagined another classic household item, this time from the 1960s, the ubiquitous scallop shell ashtray. How something so naturally beautiful ended up being used for something so ugly baffles me. So, here are my rescued scallop shells, repurposed by The Devon Mermaid into something beautiful. I hope you like them.

The Devon Mermaid's inspiration - my Victorian decoupaged dish
The Devon Mermaid’s inspiration – my Victorian decoupaged dish

Marnie Devereux is a writer and poet. Her second poetry collection, The Pelican Tree, is available here.

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]]> https://devonmermaid.com/2023/01/12/the-devon-mermaid-it-started-with-a-dish/feed/ 0 255 Welcome To The Devon Mermaid! https://devonmermaid.com/2022/10/31/welcome-to/ https://devonmermaid.com/2022/10/31/welcome-to/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2022 16:08:48 +0000 https://devonmermaid.com/?p=1 I make beautiful gifts from sustainably sourced seashells and ceramics beach-combed from the Devon shoreline. My piatto di ninnoli scallop shells and oyster shells are sourced from local divers and the restaurant trade, where they would otherwise be waste products. My mermaid necklaces are constructed using premium-quality, biodegradable hemp or bamboo cord, glass beads (not […]

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My piatto di ninnoli scallop shells and oyster shells are sourced from local divers and the restaurant trade, where they would otherwise be waste products.

My mermaid necklaces are constructed using premium-quality, biodegradable hemp or bamboo cord, glass beads (not plastic) and silver-plated fixings.

By buying a gift from The Devon Mermaid you are supporting a female-led small business based in South Devon, UK. Thank you!

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