We’ve been getting crafty in the shop on Thursday evenings, staying open til 8pm throughout December … and on the first First Thursday of January 2020 too. Yup, join us in the store on Late Night Shopping Thursdays throughout December, and use my handcarved lino stamps to print your own wrappers for bean-to-bar Honest Chocolate. I’ve been having so …
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Making Friday: Print your own chocolate
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July workshops
Announcing a July series of my four-part hands-on course in print & pattern called HOW PATTERN WORKS.
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Workshop: How Pattern Works
I’m super excited to announce that all through June, I’ll be teaching a four-part hands-on course in print & pattern called HOW PATTERN WORKS. Classes will be held over four weeks in the Skinny laMinx fabric studio at 201 Bree Street, from 6pm – 9pm on a Monday (update: Mondays are sold out) or a …
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Introducing The Pillow Lab
Have you been to The Pillow Lab? It’s the Skinny laMinx research facility, dedicated to solving urgent questions around the issue of how to mix and match scatter cushions and throw pillows to perfection. It’s important, groundbreaking work, and the Pillow Lab has been doing fascinating research in the realm of throw pillows and cushions. …
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Colour in Swaziland
The thing that’s so good about travel is changing up the things we see every day. Arriving in green, lush Swaziland (or, as it was re-named just after our visit, eSwatini) with its rolling hills, songbirds and afternoon thunderstorms was a refresher for my city-weary eyes. Here are some of the shapes and colours that …
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In the Press: Lisbon article in House & Leisure
While in Lisbon, teaching pattern and printing, Heather wrote a travel article for the December issue of House & Leisure magazine.
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In the Shop: Lisboa Tile Packs
Earlier this year, I was immersed in Lisbon tiles when I visited that city with Ace Camps. While teaching my group of students about pattern and tile, I developed packs of paper tiles for my students to play with, giving them hands-on fun with figuring out all the many, many layouts that a single motif could …
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Lisbon Subway tiles: 3 of 4 – Linha Amarela
This is part III of a post about to a self-guided tour of the Lisbon metro that I took in June 2016, hunting down metro stations with tiles by Maria Keil. Read more here. The YELLOW LINE on the Lisbon subway has tiles by Maria Keil at Picoas, Campo Pequino and Entre Campos. For more Lisbon Subway …
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Lisbon Subway tiles: 2 of 4 – Linha Azul
Part II of a post related to a self-guided tour of the Lisbon metro that I took in June 2016, hunting down metro stations with tiles by Maria Keil. Read more here. The BLUE LINE starts with Santa Apolonia (which you’ll recognise from the Maria Keil portrait at the start of this post), running up to Avenida, and ending with …
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