Bapple and JoJo has moved again - we're now based over in the beautiful rural village of Saline, in Fife. If you want to drop by, please get in touch on the usual mobile number: 07564940613 so I can get the kettle on....
New courses available - please go to the Workshops 2020 Page. Courses will be posted as soon as they are finalised.
'Yearning'
Quillie/hooked technique wallhanging
Handmade in Scotland using Recycled Wools. POA
Bapple and JoJo is the home of beautiful and intricate sustainably created textiles. Gill Curwen, founder of Bapple and JoJo, has been creating sustainable textiles for a number of years, after completing an honours degree in the design of carpets and interior floorcoverings. She uses traditional and historical rag rug making techniques and recycled materials to create very non-traditional textile pieces - each one unique.
She practices and teaches a wide variety of techniques including traditional 'hooky' and 'proddy' but specialises in a very rare technique called 'Standing Wool' or 'Quillie' rug making - a technique of rag rug making of which she is one of only 2 professional practitioners in the UK at this time
Her work is the result of combining her interests in photography, the natural world and sustainable living/recycling and consequently has very little environmental impact in terms of resource and energy usage - contributing instead to the conscious choice to 'reduce, reuse, recycle - or in this case 'upcycle'.......
Originally from the beautiful county of Cumbria in Northern England, home of the English Lake District, Gill is now based in the rural village of Saline, near Dunfermline in Fife.
'Quillie Ram'
Handmade in Cumbria from recycled wools and locally sustainable materials. Available direct from artist POA
Handmade in Cumbria. Large Standing Wool (Quillie) Rug, Made from recycled wools. £1200 NOW SOLD
'Highland Coo'
Handmade in Scotland from recycled wools and locally sustainable materials.
Available direct from artist.
POA
Textile Landscape £120 SOLD Individual textile landscapes available on commission. Handmade in Scotland using Recycled Wools.
NEW Quillie/Proddy Rug
Available direct from artist £450
Made in Scotland from Recycled Wools
Quillie Wreath £25 SOLD
Similar available on commission.
My Work
All pieces are individually made by hand - no machinery is involved at any stage of the process. All materials are recycled or sustainably sourced and work is created using 'pre-loved' tools and vintage rug making frames. All pieces are unique to you and commissions are welcomed - just contact me for a design quote.
I can also supply Rug Making Frames and Tools - made locally to order. Just contact me to discuss your requirements.
Bapple and JoJo - ethical and sustainable - made with love and care........
'Flower Power'
Extra Large Quillie Rug
Handmade in Scotland using Recycled Wools. POA