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: Casa Cubista
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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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New in the shop: Block Printed scarves
On my recent teaching trip to Jaipur with Ritchie Ace Camps, I had a couple of days off, and was pleased to put them to VERY good use, because after the success of our last crop of limited edition block printed scarves, I was excited to design some more. So now, just in the nick of …
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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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Inspired by India
After returning home from my teaching trip to Jaipur with Ritchie Ace Camps last year, I was so excited about what I’d learned about the Rajasthani block printing I’d seen, but I was kicking myself a little for not having met up with printers to develop something for Skinny laMinx. I had been in the land of …
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Back to Jaipur in 2015
Just yesterday, I spotted the new VISI magazine, which has this lovely spread on my Block Printing tour to Jaipur with Ritchie Ace Camps in October last year. That’s the trip where I taught patterns and printing to an amazing group who had come from all around the world to learn about block printing and pattern …
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Jaipur colour
Hope you enjoyed that colour explosion! All photos taken while I was in Jaipur with Ace Camps, teaching on the 2014 Jaipur Block Printing tour. See all my Jaipur posts here.
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Back from Jaipur
Where to begin with my travelogue? I spent almost three weeks in Jaipur, and it felt like entering another lifetime, with Cape Town a distant planet, many galaxies away. This was a full immersion experience and quite frankly, I could die quite happy right now. But before I go, I’ll do my best to try …
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I’m off to Jaipur!
This will be my last blog post for most of October, as I’m about to head off to India, immersing myself in beautiful patterns, textiles and colours while also teaching (and learning!) on the Jaipur Block Printing tour organised by Ritchie Ace Camps. I am so excited to visit the Pink City, to meet everyone who …
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