by Cathy Jack Coupland | Jan 23, 2022 | Blog
The hard outer casings of the Jewel beetle, naturally mimic gem-like precious treasures in terms of utter brilliance and beauty, through their hardy, metallic, emerald iridescence – used for centuries as decoration or embellishment. But in many cultures, they...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Jan 21, 2022 | Blog, Resources
Jane Johnson is a prolific writer of books for both adults and children as well as being a fiction book editor. A trip to North Africa in 2005 investigating a long-buried family legend about the abduction of a family from a Cornish church by Barbary pirates in 1625,...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Jan 19, 2022 | Blog
Close your eyes and imagine the sound a cascading silk garment makes in movement. Imagine the feel of exquisite embroidery – the silken smoothness of the long, colourful threads and the unmistakable texture of couched gold and silver, pearls, and other rich...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Jan 18, 2022 | Blog
East Asian Silk embroidery is a stunningly beautiful art form emerging from China – the ancient masters of sericulture – migrating to Korea, Vietnam, and Japan, with each adding their own cultural and stylistic design stamp to form this unmistakable...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Jan 16, 2022 | Blog, Resources
Cleverly entitled The Gown, this historical novel published by William Morrow Paperbacks in 2018, will almost certainly appeal to fans of the television series The Crown, or anyone interested in the making of one of the most famous wedding gowns of the 20th century...
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