<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Sophie Carnell]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hand fabricated Jewellery and Objects, made on Bruny Island Tasmania ]]></description><link>https://www.sophiecarnell.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 14:55:57 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.sophiecarnell.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Why Islands?]]></title><description><![CDATA[To begin at the beginning   (thankyou Dylan Thomas) .... On the wild south west coast of Ireland, scalloped into the sea-bitten wind-whipped crumpled coastal edge lies Valentia Island; a place that sailed into my childhood and has forever anchored in me a deep love of islands. Over the last decade I’ve taken a bit of a voyage, a peregrination of sorts — emotionally, psychologically and physically — to try to understand why islands are so important to me. How my first island, Valentia, ended...]]></description><link>https://www.sophiecarnell.com/post/why-islands</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a043a20618ba45174febd1f</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 09:14:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/533d58_e9827e5978e245c3a858bf85d59b536a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>curve7004</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>