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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Best things: Chris Turnham
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Studio visit: Kat & Roger
Before we headed to LA in June, I’d made myself a ‘To Do’ list of places to go and people to see. Right near the top of that list was “Meet Kat & Roger“, because I am a huge fan of their work. Roger Lee has a fine arts ceramics background, while his wife Kat …
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Making Friday: CMYK lino printing
I’ve had a really extended Making Friday in July, spending every Saturday at Warren Editions learning the art of CMYK lino printing from master printmaker Zhané Warren and head of relief prints, Morné Visagie. Because I’m a completely self taught designer (thanks, Google!), I’ve got a lot to learn about the ‘proper’ way to do things. …
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Best Things: Alexander Calder at Home
I’m on the verge of developing a serious allergy to all those same-same Nordic interiors in strict black & white, with just a few carefully-selected, authentically natural-toned accessories (baby included). Know what I mean? Want to start a riot in there? Well, in case you’re feeling the same way as I am, you’ll enjoy the antidote …
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Making Friday: CMYK lino #01
The last workshop I did at Warren Editions was way back in 2011. I loved it so much, so it is unfathomable why it took me so long to sign up for another? Ah well, regrets at lost opportunities aside, I was happy to spend my Saturday at Warren Editions – which has expanded significantly since my …
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Best things from LA #02: Studio visits in Venice Beach
While in LA we were so lucky to stay with our friends MB and Evan in their lovely home in Venice, with their two sweet dogs. MB Boissonnault is a painter, and she and Paul have been conducting a postcard-centric friendship ever since they were both at the Cité des Artes in Paris in the early …
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Best Things from LA #01: Alvin Lustig & Doyle Lane
Two discoveries made while in LA, courtesy of long-time Skinny laMinx fan, Melinda Forster and her journalist friend Andrew Romano, will stay with me for a long time. ALVIN LUSTIG Both discoveries came out of a visit arranged by Melinda to her Andrew’s extraordinary mid-century house on the hills in Silverlake. Andrew has an investigative journalist’s love for for …
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Block Printing with Jesse
After my teaching stint in Jaipur with Ritchie Ace Camps last year, lots of people at home asked me about learning to block print here in Cape Town. Well, I have good news for you: Jesse Breytenbach is an illustrator and a Fine Arts-trained printmaker, who has been lino block printing for YEARS! Her …
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See Saw Do
Have you heard of See-Saw-Do? I just want to tell everyone about this simply delightful husband-and-wife social entrepreneur team, who use colour and cuteness to improve the lives and educational opportunities of kiddies all over the Western Cape. Over the past month the See-Saw-Do team has been hard at work inside the Grade R classrooms at …
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