What do you think:

• Pewter decorations add a personal touch?
• Crackers?
• See what I’ve made?

 I promised myself to make a set of cake decorations for Christmas 2015 but life and time got in the way.  But, this year, I’ve managed to make a whole series: piles of wrapped presents, candles and crackers.

None of it is difficult if you have someone with a vat of molten pewter.  All I need to do is make the original patterns and then shape a mould using a rubbery material inside a wall of Lego.  Master Pewtersmith Fleur is then in charge of pewter pouring after which I file off the excess ready for polishing.

Now that pewter doesn’t contain lead, it is safe for use with food – after a hot soapy wash.

Fleur is more adventurous with her Christmas pewter work: a collectable series of tree decorations featuring Six geese a-laying this year, her fabulous bunch of mistletoe, this delicate star and lots more.

For details of Fleur’s work creations and day workshops, visit:

Fleur Grenier, Pewtersmith / Glass Artist, Mettle Studios, Roundstone Bypass, Angmering, West Sussex, BN16 4 BD

design@fleurgrenier.co.uk

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Penny Melville-Brown OBE

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