IMAGE

You arrive with an image. It might be an album cover you’ve known since you were fifteen, a painting you stood in front of for twenty minutes, or a photograph of someone you’ve lost. I read it two ways: what it means to you, and whether it’ll survive being rebuilt in yarn — colour complexity, tonal range, level of detail.

Not every image works in crochet. Some need adaptation. Some images arrive lighter than others. A Murakami and a photograph of someone's mother are different commissions. I treat them differently, and I'll tell you what that looks like before any work starts.

I’ll advise on what translates well, what needs adjusting, and how the finished piece will sit on the leather.

DELIVERABLE: Confirmed image, scope, and creative direction
TIMELINE: 1—2 weeks

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COLOUR

Colour matching is the slowest part of preparation. I test yarn against the source image under daylight, tungsten, and LED before committing — what reads as the right blue under one source can shift completely under another.

Once the yarn palette is confirmed, I select the leather. Full-grain, vegetable-tanned if the piece needs structure. Chrome-tanned if it needs drape. The leather needs to support the panel without competing with it.

DELIVERABLE: Confirmed colourway and materials
YARN: Yarn and Colors Epic
LEATHER: Full-grain, vegetable or chrome-tanned

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MAKING

I work from a colour map of the source image, building the artwork stitch by stitch until the flat image becomes three-dimensional and tactile. Depending on the piece, this stage alone runs to 80+ hours of handwork.

Once the panel is complete, I build the leather around it — saddle stitching for small goods, machine stitching for larger pieces. The panel is mounted and secured with stitching or bonded channelling depending on the design.

TECHNIQUE: Hand crochet, saddle stitch, skiving, edge finishing
DURATION: 80+ hours for signature commissions
LOCATION: Made in-studio by hand

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HANDOVER

What arrives is yours alone: one image, one piece, one owner. It ships with its full provenance — material records, yarn colourways, crochet hour count, and care instructions for the leather. The making is documented. The story is yours to tell.

For interior installations, I coordinate with your build team or designer on fitting and placement. I offer aftercare for the life of each piece.