Oh Deer!Spruce is a fab design studio in Austin, Texas, doing wonderful upholstery projects. They gave me a big thrill when, not long after releasing my Sevilla Rock collection, they asked for samples, and not long after that, they placed the first yardage big order I received. It’s so exciting now to see what they …
More-
Oh Deer!
-
Things about Stig
Things about StigDear, sweet, kind Janne of Whats blogging my view hunted down a rare copy of this book on Stig Lindberg for me, and I’ve been poring over it all weekend. The text is all in Swedish, so I’ve had to use key words gleaned from captions and the internet to open up some …
More -
Tricks of the trade
Tricks of the tradeSo finally I found a solution to making up swatch books for my Sevilla Rock fabrics. It was pretty simple really. I went to a bookbinders and gave them specs for making up 25 plain card headers with a loop for hanging and holes for interscrews. Then I made up a vinyl …
More -
Looking at leaves
Looking at leavesI found this amazing photo on Francesca’s blog before I went on holiday, and maybe that’s why I spent so much time collecting, drawing and photographing leaves while I was away.
More -
Befores and Afters – colts
Befores and Afters – ColtsI’ve had yet another chair covered in one of my Sevilla Rock prints. It’s become a bit of a mania for me, but when someone swaps you a cute tub chair for a kettle, a bottle of milk and jar of coffee, how can you say no? Check out my other …
More -
Backing out…
Backing out…I know I’m supposed to be gone, but yesterday’s post was so abrupt, I thought I could back out a bit more elegantly, so I’m panning out from Odette’s sunlit corner of the studio, leaving behind some links for your entertainment: + Check into the ELLE Decoration blog every day – I’ve found some …
More -
Blog crush
Blog crushI must admit to having developed a bit of a severe blog crush on Neville Trickett’s St Verde Digest. Every day, he posts extraordinary series of juxtaposed images that take me by surprise each time (just look at his monkeys post today!). Prowling our flat in my snotty state yesterday, I kept spotting things …
More -
Farr too little about Colleen
At True Up, I found this screenprint called Water Meadow, designed in 1964 by Colleen Farr for Heals. Despite having taught textile design at the Central School of Art and Design in London for 20 years, and having designed prolifically for Libertys, Heals, Tootal and others, I couldn’t find many images of her designs online, …
More -
Just turned out that way
Just turned out that wayYesterday I bought a long-overdue revolving hole punch. I ripped it from its shrinkwrapped packaging, and look what was left behind, complete with belly-button and beret.
More