Oh my gosh, I’m so frustrated! I’ve been working like a dog (a dalmation?) so I decided to treat myself by splashing out on this gorgeous shoe. Although it’s priced in Euros, it is on sale, and they have my size and colour, but… they bloody well don’t ship to South Africa. Aargh! There is a …
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Best Things: Postbox Courier
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Best Things: @breezeblockhead
Call them ‘air bricks’, ‘ventilation blocks’, ‘breeze bricks’, ‘breeze blocks’, whatever you like, I just love it that Aussie architect Sam Marshall (aka @breezeblockhead) has taken it upon himself to survey and record pics on his Instagram feed of these sun-and-wind-blocking architectural features (also known as brise soleil* screens), beloved of Mid-century enthusiasts and tropical climes. This is …
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Best Things: Casa Cubista
I’m starting to get very excited about my upcoming teaching trip to Lisbon with Ace Camps. It’s going to be an amazing exploration of tile, pattern and printing in a beautiful part of the world. Hope you’ve signed up? If you’ve been needing a nudge, I recommend a look at the Instagram feed of Portugal-based stylist, editor and …
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Best Things: Paul Wackers
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: 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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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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Best Things: Yan Ruilin
I’m in love with these adorable wooden critters by Taiwan based wood artist Yan Ruilin.
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Best Things: Julian Watts Studio
Once again, the ‘explore’ feature on Instagram has thrown up an exciting discovery for me. Please meet the most beautiful hand-carved objects by Julian Watts – a woodcarver from San Francisco. I feel as if my Oddjects have found some family members.
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