For a while I’ve been drawing lots and lots of pots. I’ve been pinning them to my Vessels board on Pinterest, I bought a lot of bowls and tea bowls from our friend Steve Shapiro a while back, and I really enjoyed my visit to the Potters’ Market earlier this year. It seems I’ve got …
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Coincidences & Pots
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All about Anne Finsen
On Saturday morning last week, something rather unexpected landed in my lap: Stephen Inggs, head of Michaelis Fine Arts at UCT, popped around to my studio with a portfolio of fabric prints by somebody called Anne Finsen, who died last year at the age of 94, as he thought I might be interested in her …
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Waste not
One of the things I find stressful about this job is the fact that a heck of a lot of scrap material gets generated as we cut products from the rolls of printed fabric. I’m always trying to think of smart ways to use these, so we sell our offcuts and scraps in bundles, and …
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#CTtype
If you’re in Cape Town and, like me, enjoy taking pics of interesting typography, you can submit them for consideration to the CTtype website. Join the fun on Instagram by hashtagging your pics #CTtype, which is what I did with mine.
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Snaps
Just taking snaps of props at hand instead of cracking on with the work. Sometimes you just have to muck around!
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Knots & knitted brows
The fingers were knotting and the brows were knitting at the Modern Macrame Workshop in my studio on Saturday, where seven gals threw themselves into learning all I had to teach them in the knots department, keeping their strength up with cups of tea and yummy treats. It was fun! I’d be happy to teach …
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Making Friday – 18 May
I had a cracker of a Making Friday last week, tucking into an episode of bag-making in a way that bag-making requires, especially when there are recessed zips and other occasions for cussing and head-scratching involved. I started with some sketches, and then remembered that I’d made a little slingbag a few years back, and had …
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Cats, shoes & vintage dishes
I’m always doodling and sketching, usually whatever is right in front of me, which is probably a little revealing of who I am. Lately, I put together some of my sketches to make a couple of postcards, and it would appear that I draw a lot of pictures of dishes and pots around the house, …
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Modern Macrame
To tell the truth, I’m not sure quite how cool it really is to knot rope, hippie style, but I can tell you it’s a lot of fun. I’m holding a workshop in my studio, limited to 7 people, where I’ll teach the following macramé basics: How to make a very simple, super-easy plant hanger …
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