Alexandra Llewellyn

WhereLondon, UK
WhatHandcrafted games
It was a childhood... It was a childhood game of backgammon with a Cairene local that ignited Alexandra Llewelyn’s passion for the game, as she was captivated by its ability to traverse language barriers. Naturally, this led her to create her own, sharing them with the world as of 2010. The theme may vary by design – encompassing everything from geometry to blooming tulips – but one thing will forever remain the same: the fine craft behind them. Prepare for every roll of the dice to acquaint you with a new wonder, like hand-worked inlays, archival inks and fine marquetry. It was a childhood game of backgammon with a Cairene local that ignited Alexandra Llewelyn’s passion for the game, as she was captivated by its ability to traverse language barriers. Naturally, this led her to create her own, sharing them with the world It was a childhood game of backgammon with a Cairene local that ignited Alexandra Llewelyn’s passion for the game, as she was captivated by its ability to traverse language barriers. Naturally, this led her to create her own, sharing them with the world as of 2010. The theme may vary by design – encompassing everything from geometry to blooming tulips – but one thing will forever remain the same: the fine craft behind them. Prepare for every roll of the dice to acquaint you with a new wonder, like hand-worked inlays, archival inks and fine marquetry.

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Alexandra Llewellyn

Alexandra Llewellyn has always enjoyed working with different materials, with an impressive résumé that includes a fine art degree and a job in product development. So, when she started creating her own backgammon boards in 2010, she’d already established relationships with lots of the 25 workshops she collaborates with today. Her creations are mostly made in the UK from first-class materials with sustainable origins, each one hand-picked by the artist herself. And when she isn’t holding the paintbrush, she hands over creative control to master craftspeople, like a marquetry artist in Brighton, a glasscutter who also cuts meteorological lenses for NASA, and the oldest poker-chip maker in the US.