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Vogue (UK) August 2008 has featured a Mags McGinnis teacup candle creation in a vintage 1960s Midwinter pottery teacup trio - picture can be found on the last page.
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Margaret McGinnis is a Chicago-born London-based musician and craftsperson. Under her maiden name of Fiedler, Margaret (Mags to her friends) has released numerous critically acclaimed albums with her bands Laika and Moonshake - Laika being an important influence upon Radiohead, amongst others. From playing as a teenager in a band with Moby, she's also contributed lead guitar to PJ Harvey's 14 month world tour in support of her Mercury Prize winning album Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea. When the decline of album sales due to illegal downloads made her recording and songwriting careers less financially viable, Mags went to study law at the College of Law, gained a post-graduate law qualification and went to work at the BBC. Now dividing her time between music, the BBC and eco-friendly candlemaking (and considering writing a cookbook), Mags is back on guitar in 2008 for touring duties with Wire in support of the band's current album Object 47. Mags is also now teaching candlemaking workshops at The Make Lounge, a new craft space in Barnsbury, North London. Please book a workshop online and come and say hello!
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