Earlier this year, when I was spending my Monday evenings at Warren Editions, I cut and printed this small lino print with the vague recollection of some planty inspiration I’d seen on Pinterest. It’s only today, when I spotted an article on Sight Unseen about Brooklyn artist Paul Wackers, that I realised where the idea for my print had come …
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Best Things: Paul Wackers
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Best Things: Chu Suwannapha
You know when photographs make you feel absolutely starving and greedy, like you want to absorb what you’re seeing through your pores so you don’t miss a thing? That’s how I find myself feeling whenever I see anything Chu Suwannapha puts on his Instagram account, or produces for his label Chulaap. Chulaap was only launched …
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Best Things: Brent Wadden
I can’t even believe I’m linking to a post about my own sad attempts at weaving in the context of this extraordinary artwork by Canadian artist Brent Wadden, but am only doing it in the hopes that some of his genius will rub off on me and my kiddie loom. Wadden started his art career as a painter, …
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New: “Oddjects” fabric
We have a brand new print on fabric, called Oddjects, and available in yummy colourways like Tangerine, Cocoa, Pollen and Olive. Read about how this print came about right here. We’ve taken the opportunity to try out a brand new product too – our gorgeous new Clutch Bag, which has a handy pocket inside for your phone, …
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Best Things: Crazy pots and plants
A book about odd ceramics and peculiar plants? Three of my favourite thing! Grafted documents an extraordinary collaboration between LA ceramicist Adam Silverman, and award-winning Japanese plant sculptor, Kohei Oda. Together, over two exhibitions, they produced 100 combinations of Oda’s grafted cacti with Silverman’s textural ceramic pots. Breathtaking, isn’t it? Find Grafted on Amazon, and lots more pictures from the book …
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Making Friday: From Sketchbook to Oddject
Notebooks are very useful things to have with you. They’re good for recording fleeting ideas, and good to look back on to see where you’ve been. For two years, I’ve kept this little “Ceramics Ideas” notebook alongside my other general notebook, jotting down ideas for shapes I’d like to make in the Monday morning ceramics classes I’ve …
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Best things: Dot dash dot…
The title of this post is not a misspelled alarm call in morse code, it’s a collection of dotty, line-y design I’ve spotted (geddit?) around the web lately: The mesmerising mobile-like Lines & Dots lamp from Barcelona’s Goula/Figuera studio Jonathan Adler’s giant Sputnik chandelier Dot Dash cushion from Block Shop Textiles Doings on Time and Light by Studio …
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Best Things: Yan Ruilin
I’m in love with these adorable wooden critters by Taiwan based wood artist Yan Ruilin.
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Making Friday: Printing at Warren Editions
Attentive readers of this blog may recall that during 2015, I spent four Saturdays at Warren Editions print studio, learning all about CMYK lino printing. I loved the workshop, so was super excited when Zhané Warren started opening the studio on Monday nights to alumni of the courses she’s run. I signed up for three months, …
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