Barb Alexander Designs

Closures as jewelry! Adorn your beautiful knitted or hand-woven garment with a pin that turns heads. Perfect on a shawl, cowl, scarf, hat, cardigan, ruana…not just a closure, this is a piece of jewelry. These hand-made metal shawl pins are designed by me and made by a silversmith in Bali. Made from a blend of allergy-free metals, they will not tarnish.

Art meets function!

WHERE TO BUY

Visit my Etsy shop Barb Alexander Designs

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WHOLESALE INQUIRIES

I am happy to consider selling wholesale to brick-and-mortar yarn shops, quilt and fabric stores, gift shops and other related businesses. Learn about wholesale opportunities.

SHOW SCHEDULE

FIBRATIONS
August 16, 2020
Fairfield Community Centre (outdoor show)
1330 Fairfield Rd., Victoria, BC

KNIT CITY
October 4 & 5, 2020
PNE Forum, Vancouver, BC

ARTIST PROFILE

Being a tour guide to Bali has obvious advantages and a big one is connecting with the artistic Balinese and seeing their time-honored processes with textiles, 2-D art and silver jewelry.

For several years I have collaborated with a silversmith named Nyoman. I provide him with design possibilities, we work together tweaking prototypes and his small staff produces the items I offer my customers.

For me this collaboration is a dream come true since I am not a trained silversmith. The metal used in my product line is called “white bronze” – a non-tarnishing blend of zinc, copper and tin. Some of the earrings in my line are 100% sterling silver and all of my earrings have sterling silver ear wires.

Adornments designed in Victoria, Canada and hand-made in Bali, Indonesia. Fair trade in every sense of the word.

CONTACT

My studio is in Victoria, BC Canada.

info@barbalexanderdesigns.com

Phone 250-658-2612 (Pacific time zone)