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Splicing handmade dog leads/toys & lifestyle products by repurposing discarded fishing/ghost gear. The more weird and wonderful the better!
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Our Story…
We are a small family business hand-making dog leads, pet toys and lifestyle products using “splicing” skills and discarded fishing gear…

Making a living from fishing and passing down the skills needed from generation to generation is declining in Cornwall. So we wanted to find a weird and wonderful way to keep fishing skills in our family, whilst helping to protect the environment an

d sea-life for generations to come.

“Grandad Plummer” (Frank) retired from fishing aboard Tyak Mor and then Harvester in St Ives many moons ago. As girls, his two daughters (Rachel and Helen) spent many childhood hours in his “fishing loft”, sat atop bundles of nets whilst he made repairs and maintained his fishing gear. (We can still smell the ropes and feel the nets under our legs!)

Now with grandchildren and several dogs included in the family, grandad always has a bit of rope for when we forget our leads. In October 2021, 14 year old granddaughter Beth wondered if other people might like “a lead with a story”. From a family meeting around the kitchen table & a few social media posts, Cornish Spliced was born on what would have been granny Virginia’s birthday. With grandad Frank, Beth, mum Rachel and aunty Helen now involved, Cornish Spliced products are made by repurposing fishing gear from grandad’s fish loft and other kind local fishing families, as well as ghost gear scooped up on our beach cleans. We are proud to give our finds a “new leash of life”, preventing materials from going to landfill or re-entering the sea. Nets, buoy lines, anchors, floats, “dans”... each item has its own unique story or previous life, which is written on its label. Rope is “spliced” to make joins, so we can affix clips, make handles, combine ropes, etc. As a family, we have loved finding out more about fishing, whilst learning how to splice, keeping this special skill alive and passing down through our generations.

“Spliced” means to join, never-ending, which feels particularly fitting for our family adventure across our generations. We are always on the look-out for other retired and discarded fishing goodies so that we can repurpose it. We also love the challenge that comes with our bespoke item requests. We are constantly adding to the range with new ideas for products, adding knotting to the mix, along with incorporating assorted colours and textures of rope. So do watch this space! For further info, follow us on: Facebook/Twitter or on Instagram. You can also contact us at [email protected]

Do visit www.CornishSpliced.co.uk where you will be able to view and purchase items. If you think you may be able to repurpose any of our beach cleaning finds that we can't use, please contact us to join our friends. Thank you for reading about Cornish Spliced. We hope you will join our adventure.
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15/08/2024

We are proud to be working with you too Gwelmor Holiday Home, Cornwall

Thankyou for all your support 🐾

https://www.gwelmor.com/post/dog-friendly-holiday-cottage-joins-forces-with-cornish-family-run-company-making-dog-leads-from-disgarded-fishing-gear?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3PbA8nfy7J75MSyhnk_9jXLTuXrz6kJzSGQFkzcz23rZJNuXq3zjQI0f8_aem_Y6NTbRfnEc-qDoTAAwYCoQ

10/08/2024

Another great section of the The South West Coast Path completed and great waterhole stop to pop in and say hi at the Life's A Beach Cafe at Maenporth Beach.

Life’s a beach cafe stock our Cornish Spliced keyrings which help save ghost gear from being sent to landfill or returning to the sea.

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08/08/2024

Lots of request for our bowls this week so lots of retired fishing gear being saved from landfill or from being washed back into the sea as we make them all.

Thank you for all your support.

https://cornishspliced.co.uk/shop/home-lifestyle/rope-bowls/

04/08/2024

We’ve been beach cleaning and rescuing ghost gear today.
So many bottle tops, plastics, ghost gear and RUBBISH, it was very sad to see.

Thank you to our friends who helped to remove ALOT !

We have a beautiful Cornish Coastline please help keep it that way.

If take it to the beach please take it home with you, recycle or bin it.

This lot would have ended up back in the sea 🌊 tonight.

Cornish Spliced being sprinkled. 🪄
🐟 Sprat keyrings on there way to our online shop

https://cornishspliced.co.uk/shop/home-lifestyle/keyrings/

03/08/2024

Made with rescued retired fishing ropes from Newlyn Harbour in Cornwall...

The tricky white rope finally behaved to allow us to make some key bowls and wreaths.

These will be finding their forever homes in Cornwall.

If you like these or have a colour in mind, just ask, as we love a challenge.

We have more in our online shop waiting for their forever homes.

www.cornishspliced.co.uk

02/08/2024

Today is a sea hurling kind of day .

We love our Hurlers on land and in the sea 🌊

Made with Grandads retired fishing gear from St Ives

https://cornishspliced.co.uk/product/sea-hurler

07/07/2024

NEW PRODUCT ALERT!... 🩵🩵🩵

Sprinkle some Cornish Spliced magic, with a set of three crochet hanging hearts – complete with shells, “nurdles” and swivels.

Handmade by crocheting twine used to mend grandad’s nets, they are soft and tactile, a beautiful turquoise blue. Each has a little piece of treasure added that we have salvaged from ghost gear – a shell, a “nurdle” and a “spinner” – preventing them from going from landfill or re-entering the sea.

They bring a beautiful little bit of Cornwall in your home. So treat yourself or give a set as the perfect eco present.

We’re dreading running out of Grandad’s turquoise twine, so get one whilst you can. Once the twine is gone, it’s gone!

Available in our shop here:
https://cornishspliced.co.uk/product/heart-decorations/

03/07/2024

Grandad?……..
May I keep this one please? 🐾

Made from retired fishing ropes rescued from Newlyn harbour.

Working together to save retired fishing gear from being sent to landfill
£ 80

Mats can be made to order at
[email protected]
if like a different combinations from our avalable ropes.

Lots available in our online shop.

www.cornishspliced.co.uk

https://cornishspliced.co.uk/shop/home-lifestyle/mats-wall-hangings/

03/07/2024

https://cornishspliced.co.uk/shop/home-lifestyle/mats-wall-hangings/

We’re a family that loves a challenge and believes there is always another way – we just need to find it. So if there is a particular solution that you need that requires rope, just let us know!

21/06/2024

1 more sleep!!!
If you can't find the answer to your question on any of our posts, please DM us on [email protected].
In an emergency, please us this number: 07802 420099.

20/06/2024

Huge thanks to everyone who has bought a keyring over the past 12 months, helping to raise £195 for the Fishermen's Mission - which we will round up to £200. 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟

We are extremely proud to have supported them as our charity of the year and thankful to all of you for helping us to raise them some money.

Grandad says "WELL DONE TEAM!"🫶

19/06/2024

You lovely lot have helped to raise just over £190 for the Fishermen's Mission as our charity of the year!...Can we get it to £200?!

Our comes to an end at MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, where we donate 10% from every keyring sold over the past 12 months to this amazing charity.

So if you've been pondering on purchasing one of our keyrings, now's the time. Let's get them to £200!
Visit all of our keyrings here: https://cornishspliced.co.uk/shop/home-lifestyle/keyrings/

WE CAN DO THIS! 🙏🐠🐠🐠

18/06/2024

NEW PRODUCT ALERT!!!... 🐟🩵
Perfect for end of year teacher gifts, decorating your bag or a zip pull... we are pleased to share our crochet fishy keyrings and dinky hearts.

Carry a little bit of Cornwall with you, wherever you go. Handmade by crocheting twine used to mend grandad’s nets, they are soft and tactile, a beautiful turquoise blue. Each has a little bit of treasure attached that we've salvaged from ghost gear – a “nurdle” and a “spinner” – preventing it from going from landfill or re-entering the sea.

As you can see from the pictures, the fishy versions are about the size of an average business card, whilst a heart is about half that size. Both are soft and will easily “scrunch up”. Or to keep them flat, each comes with a lobster clip, so you can attach your keyring to your bag, zip, or anything else you’d like to.

We’re dreading running out of Grandad’s turquoise twine, so get one whilst you can!

Both versions are £6.50 each plus £1 postage.
Visit our fishys in our online shop here:
https://cornishspliced.co.uk/product/crochet-fishy-keyring/
Or our dinky hearts here:
https://cornishspliced.co.uk/product/crochet-heart-keyring/

03/06/2024

One of our beautiful floor mats is on its way to its forever home.

Made with retired fishing gear from Newlyn in Cornwall

Www.cornishspliced.co.uk

Thank you for your support.
🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

https://cornishspliced.co.uk/shop/home-lifestyle/mats-wall-hangings/

25/05/2024

🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

Our game for the bank holiday litter picking has gone live over in Twitter.

We are in teams for our country’s to see who can find all the rubbish treasures first and complete the list. 🏴‍☠️

Come on everyone rally the troops! and join us all in .

Team we are going need your help!!
🌍 🌊 🌍 🌊🌍🌊🌍🌊🌍🌊🌍🌊🌍 #

20/05/2024

As you know, we love repurposing beach clean treasures 🏴‍☠️
so when this arrived with Grandads post this week you can all imagine just how excited he was.

Thank you so much Lego Lost At Sea
For posting down this treasure box.

Let the Cornish Spliced magic 🪄 begin 🌊

12/05/2024

Guess what we saw

03/05/2024

Spring has sprung! Time to get garden gorgeous with our bunting...

Check out the horizontal and vertical float/buoy rope bunting already available in our online shop, or challenge us with a bespoke request. We can make to your reqirements to fit your outside space perfectly.

All made from salvaged fishing gear, preventing it from going to landfill, incineration, or re-entering the sea.

Each bunting has it's own "past life" story - have a look here:
https://cornishspliced.co.uk/shop/home-lifestyle/bunting/

25/04/2024

Ahar me hearties, who wants some treasure?! 🦜⚓️

We've been contacted by Falmouth Harbour who have been stashing salvaged gear so that it can be repurposed.

Would any of our lovely friends like it? Please let us know if you can give it a home and a new lease of life!

22/04/2024

Welcome aboard Colenso 🙌

Colenso is our local hardware shop here in St Ives - if they haven’t got what you're looking for, then you don’t need it!

Colenso are stocking our "Traditional" dog leads made from retired fishing gear and ghost gear found on our beach cleans.

So if you're looking for an original lead for your furry friend🐶 or something from St Ives to take home as a gift (for someone or for you!) pop in and say "Hi!" to Colin and have a look around his Aladdin’s cave that is situated at the Royal, opposite the library in town.

Thank you Colin, and Colenso. We are proud to welcome you aboard our adventure. 🌊

17/04/2024

Our Sprat keyrings are 2 years old today!
We are celebrating with a new postage category in our online shop that enables us to send little items for just £1.

Sprat Keyrings are made from ghost gear we pick up on our beach cleans in Cornwall 〓〓.
To everyone that has a Sprat keyring of their own, thank you so much for your support to give this ghost gear a new lease of life, saving it from being sent to landfill or returning to the sea. 🌊

10% of our keyring sales go to help the Fishermen's Mission - our charity of the year. Thank you for helping us support this amazing charity.

If you have a favourite Cornish beach and would like a keyring made from ghost gear salvaged from there, send us a message and we will call in our adventuring friends to help.

https://cornishspliced.co.uk/product/sprat-keyrings/

https://cornishspliced.co.uk/product/sprat-keyring-newlyn/

https://cornishspliced.co.uk/product/perranuthnoe-sprat-keyrings/

https://cornishspliced.co.uk/product/st-ives-sprat-keyring-carbis-bay-beach/

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17/04/2024

Thank you National Maritime Museum Cornwall for your support and working with us to save retired fishing gear and ghost ghost from going to landfill or returning to the sea 🌊

Your float keyrings for your shop are being sprinkled with Cornish Spliced magic ✨ as we speak.

10% of your order will go towards supporting the Fishermen's Mission our charity of the year
Thank you
🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

Www.CornishSpliced.co.uk

10/04/2024

Please keep clear.

⚠️ Porthmeor today! More Hemlock (Dead Man’s Fingers) washed up on the beach. Advice is to steer clear and do not touch. Councils advise protective gloves and mask should be worn for removal. Many visitors will have no idea how toxic it is - if picked up the toxins can still be absorbed through the skin, likewise if a dog licks it or worse chews it mistaking for seaweed.

There doesn’t appear to be any process to report this for immediate removal. I’ve messaged the hotel, beach operators and council to see if they’ve been advised how to get it removed.

10/04/2024

When the wind blows... we batten down the hatches and get creative!

We're not quite sure where these little beauties are heading. They are little, and soft, made with twine grandad used to mend his nets and granny's old crotchet hooks.

What do you think?... Keyrings? Shoals of hanging fish? Nurdels for eyes? Shells added somewhere?...

We'd love to hear your ideas 💡 🐟 💙

09/04/2024

Wow just wow 2nd Chance RopeWorks.
You are awesome and we love all your work.
Grandad is your number 1 fan.

Another beautiful mat, we love it!!!
and 60m of ghost gear given a new lease of life. 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

A famous frog once said ‘It’s not easy being Green’ 🎶. But being green IS easy for this 7 Hitch oval rope-mat, plus, easy for US when we use a 2nd Chance RopeWorks doormat!

Meet ‘Greeny”, who is proud to be my 1200th piece of RopeWork’s creation! Greeny contains 195 ft (60m) of rope that is included on its Tag # 70.63 km. This mat tag # is the total sum of the length of rope I have Reused into unique items over the past 5 years. The coils of rope I made Greeny from were fished by Capt. Russell on ‘Free to Wander’ as buoyline on halibut and cod fishing ground-line and retired as end-of-life gear.

By collaborating with BC’s commercial fishermen we work proactively to reduce the amount of end-of-life rope going to the landfill or taking up storage space in gear lockers.
When you receive one of my handcrafted rope pieces, attached is the accompanying Rope-Story. This tells a little of the work this rope has done and something of the positive impact that work has on our Coastal Fishing Families and Communities. I hope this will bring a layer of history and individuality to each home they go to. As well as producing a sense of satisfaction in all of us for being part of the circle of RePurpose-ReUse-ReImagine.

28/03/2024

Some ghost gear on the dunes if anyone is in the neighbourhood and able to rescue it?

Fathoms Free
Waterhaul
Captain Paul Watson Foundation UK - Ghostnet Campaign
Ghostnetbusters ALDFG Recovery
Clean Ocean Sailing

27/03/2024

Don't forget we donate 10% of every keyring sold to Fishermen's Mission as our charity of the year until mid-June!

25/03/2024

Grandads been sprinkling magic 🪄 on this section of retired fishing rope from Newlyn harbour

Lovely hessian colour, great for a table mat

Do we edge with a beautiful St Ives Sky Blue rope or leave as one colour?
What do you think?

20 inches by 13 inches.
6 lays

Www.cornishspliced.co.uk

19/03/2024

Thank you so much Violet Clean Coast Outer Hebrides
for sending us your beach clean rescues.

We love a treasure box and seeing what we can repurpose to give a new lease of life.

saving ghost gear from returning to the sea or being sent to landfill.

🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

Cornish Spliced magic 🪄 has begun

13/03/2024

Some new combinations of colours being repurposed together into table centre pieces and wreaths.

These ropes were rescued from a beach hug around St Martins that’s in one of our favourite places, the Isles of Scilly

They have all been added to our online shop.

From £25

https://cornishspliced.co.uk/shop/home-lifestyle/mats-wall-hangings/page/3/

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We’ve been beach cleaning and rescuing ghost gear today. So many bottle tops, plastics, ghost gear and RUBBISH, it was very sad to see. Thank you to our friends who helped to remove ALOT ! We have a beautiful Cornish Coastline please help keep it that way. If take it to the beach please take it home with you, recycle or bin it. This lot would have ended up back in the sea 🌊 tonight. Cornish Spliced being sprinkled. 🪄 🐟 Sprat keyrings on there way to our online shop https://cornishspliced.co.uk/shop/home-lifestyle/keyrings/ #MakingADifference #rePURPOSEDinCORNWALL

How’s everyone doing?, hope you all have plans to be exploring #Cornwall over your holidays. We’ve been busy coastal cleaning. How lucky we are to live in Cornwall and be able to help repurpose ghost gear and fishing gear from our beaches along our coastline, saving it from returning to our seas or being buried in landfill Thank you to all our friends for their help and for sending us their ghost gear treasures for us to be able to #MakeADifference together. New table wreaths on their way to our online shop. Just some of the new items that have been added from the ropes and floats that have been rescued by everyone. 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊 Www.cornishspliced.co.uk https://cornishspliced.co.uk/product/celtic-infinity-knot-rope-work/

Good morning from our #littlecorner in Cornwall #Beachhug for Porthmeor ✅ Grade A asnormal. 0-5 bits of ghost grr or rubbish removed. The 2 Minute Foundation Keep Britain Tidy Kernow Weather Team NCIS Cornwall Heritage Trust

Thank you for posting your “Sea Hurler” adventures #rePURPOSEDinCORNWALL #vitaminsea #adventures

With the Spring tide yesterday, we had a little adventure down to the tidal cave and were delighted to find that there was no ghost gear or plastic in sight along the whole beach. So we awarded A*. It’s a beautiful walk from Carbis Bay to Porthkidney on a low tide, but check your tide times, as there is only about a half hour window to get around safely. We should have had plenty of time on a 0.2 low, but we had to be careful as the little runners were reaching the 🪨 rocks. Thank you NCIS for your daily tidal reports. #BeachHug #FloatToLive #WaterSafety BBC Spotlight More videos in comments below. ⬇️

OMGOODNESS!!! 2.5 days left to enter February #Strangestfind!!!!!!! Found something strange? Post in the comments of our STRANGEST FINDS POST pinned above to the top of our page and you could win a ‘Sprat’ Keyring and move forward to the Finale in December with our other months winners Weymouth & Portland Marine Litter Project CIC and Project Planet 🌎 to try and win a Traditional Wreath. The 2 Minute Foundation Keep Britain Tidy

A very Happy, Healthy 2023 one and all Here’s to New adventures together 🐾🌊♻️🐾🌊♻️🐾🌊♻️🐾🌊♻️🐾

Christmas Eve St Ives Church Choirs come together and sing for all around our town about the coming of Jesus. We follow and listen to the beautiful old traditional carols. One of our favourites “Hellesveor” for you all. BBC Spotlight #ChristMasEve #stives #cornwall

Good morning everyone from our gorgeous, early Sunday beach hug 🤗 and happy birthday 🎈 Grandad Cobwebs 🕸️ blown away, beaches cleaned and graded B today and heading home for wreath making so we can catch the last day for 2nd Class post ✉️ tomorrow ♻️ 📦

Dreamy days in St Ives for the 1st of December 🎄2022 It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas 🎶🎵at Cornish Spliced HQ as we're busy getting lots of orders made and sent out to our #Splicekeeter friends - old and new. Thank you for all your support. [email protected] #rePURPOSEDinCORNWALL #ChristmasShopping #APresentForLifeNotJustForChristmas

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