Becky Moore: Guitar
Geekery
My Guitar Geekery range started out as a little sideline to
keep my happy while I was recovering from an injury.
Said injury was preventing me playing my
guitar, and I was getting somewhat wistful about it.
Drawings happened.
And then started to take over.
I’m still known better for my textile work (
www.beckymoorehandbags.co.uk),
but the guitars do seem to be rather a prominent feature now!
Like many designer-makers I didn’t start out in the
artsy-craftsy world at all. I’ve been a
play-worker, and a youth worker and an events manager and a writer and a
trainer and lecturer, and a pizza chef, and a secretary, and an education
officer and a community worker, and now, finally, a designer ! No formal training, but a lifetime of making
and sewing has led me to this very happy place, at a workbench, researching,
drawing, designing, sewing, running a business.
So back to the guitars…I begun playing as a child, and then
kind of abandoned it as many do. But
eventually, after many years of good intentions I started playing again a few
years ago. I’m not an expert or
anything, but I’m getting better (or so my teacher says) I’ve got a really eclectic taste in music,
and I’m trying to reflect that in my designs.
Lots of people say, Oh I’ve never heard of that guitarist, why are they
featured? And I say because they have
made a huge contribution to music. Go check them out. Maybe you’ll like them, maybe you won’t, but
you’ll not know what you’re missing til you’ve heard them.
This year I’m aiming to expand the range with more
guitarists, more products . I’m also
being slowly persuaded to branch out into other members of the band, so watch
out for brass players, drummers….. but
the guitar will always be my first love.
