Functional art and design from up cycled, recycled and sustainable materials
Whatever we find, whatever we love, however we want. Even the paint......
Hand picked off beautiful North Norfolk beaches and hand crafted
Materials and inspiration from a whole range of sources.
STRUMPSHAW TREE FAIR 2018 This is right up our tree, so to speak….. Strumpshaw in the beautiful heart of Norfolk will uncover a whole heap of traditional arts and crafts in the style of a good old fashioned country fair. This one however, is different…… There’s a certain je-ne-sais-quoi missing from the new batch of fairs, and I’m talking about
Resurrection/ reinvention / reincarnation of the doorstep…. Under attack inside and outside the workshop is a wonderful hefty slab of sandstone that was once a church doorstep. A wonderful piece of extremely old history is ours now, rescued from the skip and being reincarnated. The whole process is mind numbingly noisy, incredibly dusty but absolutely fascinating to watch because it’s
Powder coating is our latest discovery but first, just to let you know that we didn’t get our perfect place. Hey, everything for a reason….. Any offers? 🙂 MEANWHILE…. Bell Housings! Beautiful bits of 1920’s engineering. Part of 10″ gate valves that had good old liquid British sugar running through them. 1 original and 2 just returned from the lovely
The end of a long hard winter. We push vivaciously into Spring with a huge surge of hopefulness! J.A.D. Eclectic waits restlessly on tender hooks to hear the outcome of our bid for a small piece of paradise. It’s ideal to use as studio/ workshop/ sculpture garden/ cafe and wild camping/ glamping J.A.D. style.. It’s absolutely perfect for our work
It had to land eventually….. 15 hours of heady, aching debilitation had been the precursor and not the real event…… and then, it got us…… well, one of us anyway. Eroded energies in an ebbing tide of motivation involved a semi-comatosed delve into cryptocurrency storage, collection and other stuff…… The conclusion is that; in an attempt originally to create an
We’ve been musing on the concept of buying Manorial Titles. It really would have to be Lord and Lady Muck in keeping with our general ‘manorial’ environment and the pleasures therin…. But actually, we kind of like the anarchist principality of J.A.D. as it is without self-inflicting the responsibilities of ‘titledom’. Regardless, until we gain website access to PayPal properly,
It’s been a funny old year for us here. Forging a life that circumnavigates the flocks is never easy. Looking and seeing beyond glitz and glamour for value makes this time of year in a Western culture, a little alien….. HOWEVER, any chance for a little love, peace and togethering is always welcome and so we wish everyone a true,
It struck us as funny to offer not only for sale, but on sale, varying quantities of nothing. It’s a time of year thing when the high street parades of en-masse Christmas shoppers struggle to find the perfect nothing that will invariably consist of 90% of next weeks bin contents. Our excellent marketing plan involves saving people the time and
We’ve never written a website before. Tricky stuff but quite intriguing….. When it all went pear shaped and collapsed, a REAL person (on the other end of the chat box) did some wonderful fixing….. Flesh and blood still has a value even in the virtual world. Anyway, bear with us, as we evolve…… with love xx
