The last time I was block printing in Jaipur, I had a brainwave…
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A Making Friday in Jaipur
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In the Shop: Lisboa Tile Packs
Earlier this year, I was immersed in Lisbon tiles when I visited that city with Ace Camps. While teaching my group of students about pattern and tile, I developed packs of paper tiles for my students to play with, giving them hands-on fun with figuring out all the many, many layouts that a single motif could …
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Lisbon Subway Tiles: 4 of 4 – Linha Verde
This is part IV of a post about a self-guided tour of the Lisbon metro that I took in June 2016, hunting down metro stations with tiles by Maria Keil. Read more here. The Green Line really is the Maria Keil motherlode, running: Rossio, Martim Moniz, Intendente, Anjos, Alameda, Roma and Alvadade: I have heard that some …
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Lisbon Subway tiles: 3 of 4 – Linha Amarela
This is part III of a post about to a self-guided tour of the Lisbon metro that I took in June 2016, hunting down metro stations with tiles by Maria Keil. Read more here. The YELLOW LINE on the Lisbon subway has tiles by Maria Keil at Picoas, Campo Pequino and Entre Campos. For more Lisbon Subway …
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Lisbon Subway tiles: 2 of 4 – Linha Azul
Part II of a post related to a self-guided tour of the Lisbon metro that I took in June 2016, hunting down metro stations with tiles by Maria Keil. Read more here. The BLUE LINE starts with Santa Apolonia (which you’ll recognise from the Maria Keil portrait at the start of this post), running up to Avenida, and ending with …
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Lisbon Subway tiles: 1 of 4
While in Lisbon in June, I spent one hot, hot day doing something very, very cool: I spent the entire day underground, zooming around the metro system, looking for tiles by Maria Keil. I’ve written about this artist before on this blog, and this subterranean pilgrimage was something firmly on my Lisbon agenda, even though …
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Friends & Neighbours: Lindell & Co
The one thing that really stopped my heart at Maison et Objet was the Lindell & Co stand, just around the corner from ours in Hall 1. There, I spied the most amazing embroidered cushions in unspeakably lovely colours, and when I spotted the self-same cushions in Florence Lopez’ apartment in both Milk Decoration AND …
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Best Things: Businesses from Maison
This was the Skinny laMinx stand in Hall 1 at Maison & Objet. These trade show stands never photograph well, but I assure you that in real life, it was a beaut, with colours that caught the eye, which really is of the essence at a monster of a show like Maison. I had a bit …
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In the Press: The Weekender
German magazine The Weekender has a 16 page Skinny laMinx feature in issue 22.
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