Karen Balmer

A qualified pattern maker, I have over 25 years in the Fashion Industry; the past 10 years teaching sewing & design. I have a fine appreciation for colour, shape & form……My foundation if you like.  It is the underlying essence in all I do.

 

I love to see others express their individuality, and sewing is a wonderful form of self expression.

 

I live with my husband Alex, and our daughter Chani, who is now 20, and in her second year at Auckland University.

 

In May 2015, I walked The Camino.  A brief stop in Lourdes, France, then on to St Jean Pierre du Port to begin a 40 day solo Journey on foot to Santiago de Compostela.  33 days of walking…..798 kms.  As I walked, I fell in profoundly in love; with the Earth, and with her Devic Realms……the Spirit, or Energy of Nature, that exists alongside us.