By Louise Irvine Esther Gold creates jewelry featuring antique designs and vintage glass inspired by the Art Nouveau and Art Deco eras. She has been an ardent collector throughout her life and is particularly inspired by Lalique and Tiffany. Many years ago, Esther discovered a treasure trove of brass findings,

Beautiful aromas wafted from the Studio Collection gallery during the first Candle Nerds workshop at WMODA on Saturday, October 11. All the senses were stimulated at this successful debut led by Nini Montanez and her assistant, Maria Rivera. Sixteen keen students listened as Nini explained the candle art process and

By Louise Irvine

By Louise Irvine Eli Cecil is receiving accolades for his exquisite glass sculptures of bonsai trees, which symbolize patience, harmony, balance and respect. The meticulous care required to cultivate a living bonsai tree means that it can also represent endurance, strength and wisdom. When given as a gift, a bonsai

Public artist Lloyd Goradesky was at WMODA recently to film a documentary about his kindness project, Let LOVE Guide Your Way. The film is being produced by Kirk Gillon, an award-winning director and cinematographer, and they came to the museum to interview Louise Irvine, who has featured Lloyd’s work at

By Louise Irvine The sculptor, Charles Vyse, is well known at WMODA for his nostalgic figures of flower sellers and gypsies who frequented the streets of London in the 1920s. Less familiar are his mythological subjects displayed in the Art Deco Gallery. However, he often escaped into a fantasy world

By Louise Irvine

By Louise Irvine As Halloween approaches, we look back at one of the most popular fancy dress costumes of the Roaring Twenties – the Spanish shawl. Flappers draped themselves in large silk shawls for masquerade parties inspired by the silent movie stars of the silver screen. WMODA has just acquired

Lennidies Montanez, the founder of Candle Nerds, has been making beautiful candles since 2017, and we featured the launch of her unique Evolution Candles series at WMODA. Initially, Nini, as she is known to friends, sold her candles at local crafts markets, but now her work is also receiving accolades

By Louise Irvine Moorcroft is rising again like a phoenix from the ashes! Will Moorcroft, the grandson of the founder, has purchased the ailing company and returned it to family ownership after it stopped trading at the end of April. In an interview for BBC Radio Stoke, Will Moorcroft said