Images Magazine Digital Edition August 2018

www.images-magazine.com 26 images AUGUST 2018 which is itself a pretty remote country. Kerri and her husband Brian live in South Harbour in West Falkland, the second largest island in the Falkland Islands, which, according to the latest census, is home to 151 people (the total population of the Falkland Islands is around 3,400). Warrah Workshop is 180 miles from paved roads. To get to the nearest paved road involves driving first along the dirt tracks that make up the area‘s ‘road network‘. “Driving from town is a little rough, so we load the Barudan machine in the back of a nice Japanese car with very soft suspension W hen Kerri Jamieson ordered her fourth Barudan single- head, she knew the first leg of its journey would be straightforward. “We‘ve got brilliant suppliers. They send the goods to our shippers and they pack it all up in containers and it goes on a large container ship. Eight thousand miles later, it gets unloaded at this end, which is the easy bit. Getting it out to the workshop is the tricky bit.” That‘s because Kerri runs what she calls “probably the most remote embroidery business in the world“: Warrah Workshop is in a remote part of the Falkland Islands, Images talks to Kerri Jamieson, owner of “probably the most remote embroidery business in the world“, about the challenges she faces being off-grid and 180 miles from the nearest paved road Notes from a remote island and drive very slowly,“ laughs Kerri. She was born on the Falklands Islands but then moved to the UK at a young age. She and her husband, both IT professionals, decided to return nine years ago after a few long holidays convinced them this was where they wanted to live. Kerri‘s brother had run an embroidery business on West Falkland since leaving DECORATOR PROFILE When people go in there, they think, “Have I had too many glasses of wine at lunch?” Kerri and Brian count seals, dolphins, whales and penguins amongst their nearest neighbours