My Wire Art Bra for Breast Cancer Awareness

I can't show you my Bra until 18 May but this might tempt you to come and have a look? Stamford Arts Centre, 18 May, 10 AM to 4 PM. Head for the Arts Centre stage and you will see all the bras exhibited!

Yes my Art Bra is ready :-) and I am very proud of what I have created! Now ALL I want is that it helps to raise some money for Cancer Research UK.

I really hope people of Stamford will visit our craft fair on 18 May and see how much work has gone into making these beautiful pieces to raise awareness for Cancer Research, especially Breast Cancer. All the participants in this challenge have done this in our working time, used the same raw materials we use for our work for sale and worked with the same dedication we put into creating each piece of work we produce to show you.

A lot of creative thinking has gone into each piece and your support is all we ask for. If you can make a small donation please do, if not just come and have a look and let us know what you think. If this project can raise awareness and some money for Cancer then we would have achieved what we set out to do with our first Artisans for Charity project.

Read More about the challenge on my website: Wire Art Bra... Artisans for Charity - Jewellery By Shalini:

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