Emily Buttle
Bio
EMPRESS Stiltdance is an international stilt performance company founded and directed by, NZ born, Emily Buttle.
Stories (2/0)
Mako
At first light Cole knocks on the door of the shed where the boy sleeps, “Are you ready?” “Im coming Dad” says the boy, opening the door a crack, and sliding out into the bitter dawn. The two pick their way over the hill, and down the other side towards the town. Cole stops for a moment on the hill, adjusts his hat and changes the bucket and rods heavily, from one hand to the other. “Do you have water?” “I got some,” says the boy scanning the horizon. He looks out over the sea with a professional eye. He knows suddenly, that he is looking out at the sea as an old man, with his whole life behind him. It shines beneath them, calm and flat as a mirror, ”It look’s good today Dad.” Cole grunts, and moves off down towards the sea, with the boy following.
By Emily Buttle3 years ago in Fiction
Sewing, Stilts and too many pairs of Scissors
As I grew up I didn’t want many toys. This was very lucky. Instead my Dad built my sister and I, a making bench. One day he came in and put a sewing machine down on the bench. He said, “Here you go Em. This little lever goes up and down, and you put the fabric in here. Then put your foot on the pedal, don’t go too fast and don’t, whatever you do, get your fingers caught” I may have been about ten years old. For the last 40 years I have been so busy with sewing that I haven’t even had time to do a proper sewing course. From the start, this was my tool.
By Emily Buttle3 years ago in Styled