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Quick-fire:

When are you happiest?
When I’m playing with colour
or wood or leather, when I’m
making things.
Who are three guests
from the present or past
you’d invite to dinner?

Film director Sir Peter Jackson,
he has a creative soul; Brian
Froud, a brilliant artist who
How illustrated Faeries and The

Goblins of the Labyrinth
I live... and Lagertha from Vikings.
What’s your pet peeve?
People photographing other
people’s original art. That’s
about protecting my artisans
who have worked really hard
to present something for sale.

FULL STEAMPUNK

AHEAD!

Purple shows

her true colours

PURPLE TAYLOR (54) IS A

STEAMPUNK ARTISAN AND
CRAFTER WHOSE STUDIO REALM

IS A TREASURE TROVE OF
JEWELLERY, CLOTHING AND ART

Purple’s studio is in
Oamaru’s Victorian
Precinct. It’s a town she
says suits her perfectly.
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