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GROWN TO A FINE ART

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Emma Davies’ appreciation of the outside world is threaded through her work.

Seeking something to do with her children during lockdown that wasn't associated with a screen at a time when life went online, the West Yorkshire mum stumbled on knotting and macrame.

“When I started lockdown what kept me sane was knotting and making things. I taught myself macrame skills – it was so methodical and so relaxing,” she explains.

“I love repetitive patterns so for me it did come quite naturally. I love the tactile nature of it, the feeling of string in my fingers and the texture. It's all about tension – you have to have the right pull, you have to fight with it a bit to get

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