Feilding Antiques Shop – Pictures, Art And Craft
Feilding Antiques Shop For Art And Craft A Manawatū woman with an eye for antiques has opened her first store at age 55, showing it is never too late to find a new passion or career. Her Feilding antiques shop, Qwerky Corner, opened its doors on January 21 and features work by New Zealand and international artists, from potter Brendan Adams to photographer Annie Leibovitz. Suzanne Keppel began buying and selling antiques in her early 40s. Until then she had been working in corporate marketing, a far cry from busy and competitive auction houses, and certainly a Feilding antiques shop. “I got into it because I’d bought a house that needed refurbishing, but I didn’t think I had enough knowledge, so I enrolled in an interior design course,” she said. By that stage she already had a degree in law and philosophy, and was looking for something she could do…