Based on high recommendation from the store owner, I bought this gorgeous tape dispenser from Kiosk in New York earlier this year (such a great store – see here). It’s already paid for itself 100 times over, as we’re not only using it to box loads of wholesale orders, we’re also boxing the entire studio, …
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Service Interruption
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Giveaway – Garland
I’ve just popped my lasercut Garland placeholders into my online shop. These little guys are perfect for adding a little bit of sweetness to a table setting, no matter how simple. They’re sold in sets of eight, and my 11ELEVEN11 coupon code on Etsy continues until Tuesday. Or, of course, you could take your chances …
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A visit to Heath Ceramics
A major highlight of our recent trip to the US was the trip we made across the San Francisco Bay to Sausalito, where we finally got to visit the Heath Ceramics factory and store. Heath Ceramics is my largest stockist, and one of my oldest too, so this really was something of a pilgrimage. Paul and I …
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Cloth Paper Clay
On our US trip I saw bison in Golden Gate Park, I watched Steve Earle in Williamsburg, visited Agnes Martin paintings in Chelsea and spied a snow-topped volcano too. But the best sighting of all was when I spotted, in real life, Lynn Russell of Satsuma Press, in Portland, OR. Lynn and I are both …
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USA Trip – Pattern
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USA Trip – Type
Everywhere we went, we were overwhelmed by the amazing signage and general array of typography we saw. Many pics consequently snapped: And while the next pic isn’t particularly exciting typographically speaking, I have to say I got a thrill every time I spotted the window of RH Gallery in Duane St Tribeca, where it tells …
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USA trip – Colour
Lots of colour! Uploaded here in rainbow formation:
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USA trip – 2nd leg: San Francisco
After our week in NYC, Paul and I will be heading for San Francisco. Paul’s mum lived on the West Coast when she was a child (she saw Elvis performing on her 13th birthday), so apart from the fact that it looks like an amazing part of the world to visit, it has a bit …
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USA trip – 3rd leg: Portland for Cloth Paper Clay
When Paul and I heard we were off to the US for his exhibition in NYC this month, one of the first people I told was Lynn Russell of Satsuma Press. Both Lynn and I supply goods to Heath Ceramics, and we’ve managed to collaborate on some letterpressed cards in the past, so we started …
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