More pics from Jaipur today: this time, some of the screens, lattices and brise soleil structures I spotted while on my trip. I have many, many regrets in this category, as so many astonishing examples flashed by while I was being driven around, and stopping in that KRAZEE traffic was not an option. I’ll simply …
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Jaipur screens
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Jaipur colour
Hope you enjoyed that colour explosion! All photos taken while I was in Jaipur with Ace Camps, teaching on the 2014 Jaipur Block Printing tour. See all my Jaipur posts here.
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Back from Jaipur
Where to begin with my travelogue? I spent almost three weeks in Jaipur, and it felt like entering another lifetime, with Cape Town a distant planet, many galaxies away. This was a full immersion experience and quite frankly, I could die quite happy right now. But before I go, I’ll do my best to try …
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Making Friday: Getting organised
I started sorting through my piles of sketchbooks last week, categorising images, ideas and inspiration pics. It feels like that time of year, doesn’t it? If you’re interested, I’ve started a Tumblr page where I’ve been posting pics of my sketches and other side projects. Take a look here
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Artfully Embroidered
Way back in 2008, when Skinny laMinx was but a babe, I spent lots of time making papercuts in my studio. Some found a purpose (that Pincushion papercut certainly proved its worth!), but most of them ended up in a drawer. So I really was super thrilled to find one of them being given a fresh purpose …
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Springtime light and shadows
Spring is on its way in Cape Town and the new light and the shadows it makes is catching my eye.
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I’m elsewhere
I’ve really been battling with my back lately. It seems that every time I put myself in front of the computer, whether seated or standing, my back clenches in a most uncomfortable way. So I’ve decided to take the hint and I’ll be stepping away from the machine for a bit. Actually, I’m quite grateful for the …
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OHA16: Rex Trueform
The Open House Architecture tour I went on last weekend – OHA16 in the series – is one I’d been looking forward to for some time, as I’d always wanted to see inside the Rex Trueform buildings, which have been out of use as clothing factories since the mid 1990s. The Rex Trueform factory buildings stand opposite …
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Pineapples
There’s been a pineapple in the studio this week, so this happened, of course: Clockwise, L-R: Pebble, in pollen; Fronds, in raffia; Abacus, in sunshine; Palmetto, in pine nut.
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