An artist friend had me schlepping to Battersea last night to see the RCA graduate shows of the Fine Art and Material departments – Material being Ceramics & Glass, Jewellery & Metal. I didn’t go to Art School, though I did a design degree, but I did hangout with art schoolers and their fabulous vintage […]
When Ros posted about her new Glug vase obsession a while ago, it reminded me how fun it is to become a bit hung up on something. And do you know, finding things to want I just find I’m quite skilled at, so off I went and it happened in an antiques warehouse in back-of-beyond […]
When I was in Tokyo – so long ago now! – my brother was good enough to take me on a shopping trip to Kappabashi, ‘Kitchen Town’. This is where restaurants buy their giant pots, get their menus printed, order in chop sticks by the ton and so on. I was fixated on buying a […]
I found this nice little documentary Making Art Work: First Idea to Final Piece on BBC iPlayer and it’s now only available for one more day, so be quick if it takes your fancy too. The film follows six artists – in individual segments – talking through their work and processes as they go about […]
Love sleep? Like looking at photographs of ruffled sheets? Interested in the how different species like to get their nap on? Then you’re gonna love MacGuffin magazine (full title, MacGuffin: The Life of Things). Launched at Milan furniture fair last month, it came to my attention when Fantastic Man announced on Facebook that their friends were launching a new title whose […]