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I used to make little men out of plastic-coated wire and have wars with them." Right now she is working with the family’s third generation of wireworkers:Her children, Michelle, and Kyle, are now trying their hand at it.
With all of her parents’ experience and knowledge behind her, Susan is a very accomplished wireworker who has a lot to offer through her retail outlet in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
Mavis Llewellyn, Senior Wire Artist has more than 50 years of wireworking behind her, Mavis brought a very important element to the magazine –– experience. She is responsible for some of the most beautiful and complex designs to date. Mavis began wireworking in 1959 when she and her late husband, Jim, came to Canada and he decided to turn his hobby into a business. Jim had been wireworking since 1935 in England and, in the late ’60s, published three books.
The Llewellyn family is proud of their wire artist heritage and invite all to learn their techniques through their books or magazines, or to drop by their store to pick out that special professionally created jewellery for yourself or as a gift.
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