Natural Clocks and Natural Jewellery and Crafts
Hello there, and thank you for stopping by!
My name is Valeria, Val in short. I was born in Italy, and grew up in a small town at the feet of the Western Alps, near Turin. In the late 80s, once I finished my studies, I decided to move to London with some girlfriends to experience life in an exciting and vibrant city and of course to learn English properly. After 21 years my late partner and I, a Londoner, decided that city life was no longer appealing, we were longing for hills and countryside, so we took the plunge and moved to the beautiful Lake District, North West England.
Surrounded by all this natural beauty and materials, it was a matter of time before my creativity, which had been lying dormant since my early teens, started re-surfacing. The trigger? My little gift shop in a pretty rural village. Why not make something different, something unusual, using some of the materials that Nature provides in abundance around here? Why just stock the shelves with ready made goods purchased by some supplier or wholesaler? So I started creating, encouraged by the positive feedback from my customers, and in July 2013 I took the plunge and opened my shop on Etsy. It's exciting to know that my creations travel across the world to so many wonderful customers!
Ideas for my clocks keep coming as I go along, it's always work in progress, both for my hands and for my mind. I just happen to enjoy walks in the countryside and on the beach, and that's where my inspiration, and many of the materials that I use for my creations, come from.
I hope that you enjoy browsing through my shop!
https://www.naturalclocks.etsy.com