Did I mention something in Friday’s post about a current of San Francisco running through the air? Well, I had that one right, because continuing on that theme is our feature on the Heath Ceramics website today, as part of their Maker Stories series. We’ve been supplying Heath Ceramics with tea towels, table runners, napkins …
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Maker Stories – Heath Ceramics
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Fan Fridays – Monochrome SF
We’ve got two beautiful monochrome shots from San Francisco for our Fan Friday feature. On the left is the awesome window display at Lotus Bleu in Hayes St, SF (follow them on Instagram here), and on the right, Janet Brown sent us a pic after her visit to Heath Ceramics, where she bought the beautiful bowl …
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Sketchbook Series
Anyone who follows my Instagram feed will see that occasionally I post snaps from the pages of my sketchbook. It’s been nice having somewhere to share my sketches, as I do a lot of drawing, most of which just stayed closed up in whichever notebook I happen to have to hand at the time. Recently, …
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Heath 10
I’m a big fan of Heath Ceramics. Founded in 1948 by Edith Heath, this stalwart of American-made, mid-century design with enduring appeal has been operating from premises in Sausalito, California ever since. Ten years ago, Heath was bought by Cathy Bailey and Robin Petravic, who have continued to maintain this heritage, whilst moving the business …
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Service Interruption
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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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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