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Rozzie Designs is Rosalind’s collection of wildlife artwork to which she adds a quirky twist. 

Armed with a minute set of precision tweezers and delicate scissors, Rosalind uses feathers to create her remarkably life-like, individual images, depicting British and African birds from pheasants and waterfowl to cranes and hoopoes.  

She recreates her craftwork into beautiful home ware products including coasters, placemats, tea towels and cards which come to life with her creations. 

It was Rosalind’s aunt – Barbara Baker Cresswell who at the time was running a shop in Bamburgh, Northumberland, who gave Rosalind the inspiration to start making her creations.

“She gave me a little 1920s collage of a bird – the size of a thumbnail - and asked if I could recreate something similar in the form of a greeting card for her to sell in her shop,”

“My products are quite unique. Nobody does exactly the same thing. I like to let my birds speak for themselves – while I do use a bit of artistic licence, there’s no questioning what the subjects of my pictures are – they are very literal.”

Rosalind grew up in the Tyne valley where her family home remains. She splits her time between her home in Northumberland and London  

“I have always liked birds. I’ve grown up in the countryside and was a junior ornithologist with the RSPB when I was young. “I find them quite fascinating creatures and find feathers work well as a medium to interpret them artistically.”

Using feathers means Rosalind is constantly scouring the countryside and her garden for suitable pieces to use, although she admits resorting to haberdashery and fly fishing shops if she finds herself stuck, particularly when creating more exotically coloured African birds like her Red Billed Hornbill Bird.

The Kestrel is one of her favourite designs, which can take up to two weeks to create, but she loves the robin too, because it is so ‘fat and looks like it has eaten a whole Christmas pudding’.

While Rosalind also personalises designs for wedding and birthday occasions, she accepts commissions too, although these, she says, become difficult to part with. 

“I like to keep my original pieces – you form an attachment with the birds as they evolve. Once an image is sold, it’s gone forever,” she said.  “The walls of my home are covered with original pictures. Although moths have just eaten my favourite pheasant which is very annoying.”