MAGPIE MAISON
Textile Artist, Historian, Antique Seller & Curator
Magpie Maison was founded in 2012 by Suzanne Marshall-Smith BA(Hons) MLitt
Suzanne is a Textile Artist, Historian and Antique seller, based in the Campsie Fells, Scotland. She creates textile artworks from a variety of found, reclaimed and reused materials from her collections, researches textile history and teaches a range of classes and workshops in textile art, often with a historical slant based on textile histories and folklore.
Surrounded by her collections, creations and her Museum of Fairy & Folklore
'The Crooked Fairy Hill', Suzanne works from her Shop & Studio in Clachan Of Campsie, Scotland.
Suzanne is a Textile Artist, Historian and Antique seller, based in the Campsie Fells, Scotland. She creates textile artworks from a variety of found, reclaimed and reused materials from her collections, researches textile history and teaches a range of classes and workshops in textile art, often with a historical slant based on textile histories and folklore.
Surrounded by her collections, creations and her Museum of Fairy & Folklore
'The Crooked Fairy Hill', Suzanne works from her Shop & Studio in Clachan Of Campsie, Scotland.
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Visit Magpie Maison at:
5 Aldessan House, Clachan of Campsie, G66 7AE, Scotland OPEN: Wednesday to Saturday 11am - 4pm Magpie Maison incorporates Suzanne's textile making, collecting, teaching and selling.
Through her work, she endeavours to give new life to old fabrics by hand dying and stitching, adding papers, paints, felt and found objects to her creations. There are very rarely two items the same due to the nature of the materials used, often totally unique! |
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Antiques & vintage textiles and collectables are a real passion of Suzanne's and she has been collecting since childhood. Many of her finds are used in the work she creates, her own sketch and scrapbooks. She also sells online on her Magpie Maison Instagram account (search @magpiemaison)
Suzanne uses a variety of textile techniques to create her hand and machine stitched pieces which include jewellery, accessories and decorative embellishments. Antique and vintage textiles, are dyed and manipulated and combined with embroidery to create nature inspired textile art. Slow stitching and Indian Kantha stitching are a great inspiration and influence on Suzanne's creations. Her inspirations include fairy and folklore, nature and textile history.
Suzanne gained an MLitt Dress & Textile Histories from the University of Glasgow in 2020. Her Masters Dissertation topic was 'The Campsie Calico Printing Industry', a subject which she continues to research and deliver talks on.
Since then, she has developed her knowledge of historic textiles to include production techniques, social history and textile collections. Her main research interests are also on domestic textiles, the Paisley thread industry and printed textile production in Victorian Britain. She collects and sells a large range of antique and vintage textiles, using many in her unique decorative creations.
Since then, she has developed her knowledge of historic textiles to include production techniques, social history and textile collections. Her main research interests are also on domestic textiles, the Paisley thread industry and printed textile production in Victorian Britain. She collects and sells a large range of antique and vintage textiles, using many in her unique decorative creations.
