Near the end of last year, Paul and I went to the Good Hope Centre to see the Pet Shop Boys, who were touring as part of the Sonar 2014 festival. What a great show it was, but for me, the big discovery of the night was all to do with the venue. Just about every Capetonian …
More-
Pier Luigi Nervi and the Good Hope Centre
-
Old to New
I LOVE seeing what people do with their Skinny laMinx fabrics, and it’s even better when they share how they did it, like this fab lampshade tutorial on Hung up on ZA.
More -
OH Tours: Hans Niehaus Gallery
On Thursday last week, thanks to OH Thursdays, I was lucky enough to snoop inside a building that has always intrigued me – the decades-long work in progress that is Hans Niehaus Gallery on Vineyard Road in Claremont. Apologies for some of the poor photos (I only had my phone camera with me). The Cape …
More -
Colours of Echevaria
We have loads of succulents at home and on the studio roof garden, but I have never been very good at remembering their botanical names. However, the name of the Echevaria genus – named after the 18th century Mexican botanical artist Atanasio Echeverría y Godoy (thanks, Wikipedia) – has managed to stick. That’s because all of a sudden, …
More -
Back to Jaipur in 2015
Just yesterday, I spotted the new VISI magazine, which has this lovely spread on my Block Printing tour to Jaipur with Ritchie Ace Camps in October last year. That’s the trip where I taught patterns and printing to an amazing group who had come from all around the world to learn about block printing and pattern …
More -
A visit to Milnerton Market
I used to be very, very predictable in my Sunday morning habits, all dressed up with a hat, a bag, loose bills in my wallet, setting off to Milnerton Market! I haven’t visiting for a while, but was back there this week, finding treasures amongst the junk, as well as lots of photo opportunities. For a …
More -
Succulents galore!
I’ve just got back from a belated 10 day Christmas break on a farm outside Robertson. Mostly we laughed, swam, sat on the stoep, watched birds (and watched out for cobras), and had the most superbly relaxing time. What bliss! Of course, I have squillions of pics from our holiday, but having just dived back into …
More -
Friends & Neighbours: PLANT
Once again today, I went down the road and had a spicy mushroom wrap for lunch at the brand new version of PLANT – a vegan cafe that has just opened on the corner of Buiten & Loop Street. I’m a big fan of plant-based eating, so I’m thrilled to bits to have this good-looking vegan cafe, just one block …
More -
2014 – A year in review
This morning, I spotted Patricia Zapata’s annual mosaic review on her blog, which inspired me to put together this review of our year at Skinny laMinx: JANUARY saw us get inspired to grab the Cape Town World Design Capital by the scruff of its neck, and get the most out of it! We started by slapping an enormous yellow dot on …
More