In case anyone thinks I’m on holiday in Europe, it is totally not true. The Big Fat Skinny Europe Tour is turning out to be incredibly hard work! But hard work in interesting, beautiful places is worth it all, no doubt. That’s why I live in Cape Town, right? One of the things I’ve been doing …
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Printing in Holland
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I got the blues in Lisbon
I’ve been in Lisbon for a week, first for a few days on my own, blissfully wandering the city, and then I’ve been teaching a 3 day course in pattern generation to a bunch of students on an Ace Camp. I simply can’t believe how many pictures I’ve taken while in this city of patterns, …
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Skinny goes to Europe
Did I mention what’s happening next? Skinny goes to Europe for a big fat 22 days! Here’s what’s on the cards: 18-29 June I’ve got 11 whole days in Lisbon, where I’ll be in a patterned-out haze with the Ace Camps group, learning and teaching all about azulejos, and taking frequent breaks to pop yet another pasteis …
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Out & About: Matjiesfontein
Last weekend was simply the best holiday for a while, and largely because it came as such a surprise! I was very excited about our friend Marian’s birthday party , to be held at the Lord Milner Hotel in Matjiesfontein. The tiny little historical town is in the Karoo, about 2.5 hours up the N1 from Cape …
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Skinny Travels: Ace Camps Lisbon
Two years ago in June, my bloke was exhibiting in Lisbon, and brought back news and books and images of the beautiful Azulejos – ceramic tiles – all over the city. This year, it’ll be my turn to see those tiles for myself, because this June, I’ll be teaching in Lisbon with Ace Camps! Come with us …
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Mud resist block printing
We’ve just launched our second range of traditionally-made block printed scarves, designed by me, but made the old-fashioned way with wooden blocks and vegetable dyes, in a small printing compound in Bagru, India. The Weft design is the first time we’ve had a mud-resist and indigo dyed item made, and I thought you might be …
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Best Things: Designers I met in India
One of the things I like to do when I travel is to look up people I consider to be colleagues in other cities, hoping to meet with them to chat about what it’s like to do similar kind of work in different parts of the world. While in Jaipur, I got in touch with Jemma …
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Jaipur 2015: Flower market
I’ve just returned to Cape Town from India, having taught two pattern design and printing courses on the fabulous 2015 Ritchie Ace Camp Block Printing Tour. When I left home, our apartment was covered in dust and plastic, with a giant hole between what had been our bedroom and living room, and three weeks later, I’ve pretty …
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Best things: Chris Turnham
This is a post somewhat tinged with regret, because while in Los Angeles, I very, very nearly brought home one of Chris Turnham‘s silkscreened prints perfectly depicting that city’s long, low buildings, soaring palms and clean, sharp LA light. So while I am very happy to share with you the beautiful work of this talented illustrator …
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