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Eccentric craftswoman Francesca Rossi was found dead in her home in Walthamstow last Saturday. The Rossi Estate have issued a public statement claiming she passed peacefully in her sleep. However, leaks have revealed that the whole story was not initially told to the public.

A trusted source within the estate, who goes by Corissa Frances, has given us exclusive access to a message that was found on her bedside table:

‘Do not try to find me.’

Further strange details have been revealed - her infamously odd diet seems to have got the best of her as her body was found to have somehow turned to rubber and been stuffed with cotton.

Perhaps the most interesting revelation is the single file found on her computer; a beautiful MS Paint image detailing a potential new instrument she appears to have been working on right before she died. We are fortunate enough to have been given a copy of the image, so take a look.

Genius, isn't it! The artistic vision that Rossi always had just seeps through, it's simply unbelievable. If only someone could actually make the thing, but alas, it seems only Francesca herself would be capable of doing so.

Overcoming guilt and spending on something for myself.

Look what arrived home today!

New Intruments, Part I

New Instruments – Part One Anticipation. Disappointment. Delight. Devastation.

In my early teenhood, a fad swept our little southern town: the baritone ukulele. The baritone is a size larger than the small Hawaiian instrument known then for playing those island tunes, and little else.

Kids around the town were popping up as groups — some rather large — to play the popular songs of the day, which…

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LkqwGOXK0Y)