Paint from Cornwall
Aren’t these ceramics lovely?
The artist Kirstie van Noort visited Cornwall, taking inspiration from the county’s three major industries from the last century – copper mining, tin mining and the china clay pits. From these she created over 100 paint colours. (more…)
Derek Jarman exhibition
This is one of our office reference books bought by Ros in a charity shop. It’s a brilliant, poetic ode to colour from the incredibly creative artist / stage designer / filmmaker Derek Jarman. He was dying of HIV-related illnesses and going blind at the time of penning it, which is extraordinary given the […]
Boom: Bamboo trend alert
Damn that junk shop at the end of the road. They seem to have a regular supply of battered old bamboo side tables. And I’m getting drawn in. Jill and I have been obsessing over cane furniture, so this faux-Oriental fad is just another step on from it.
Loving the lamé
It looks like another badly composed image of mine… It’s not! Well, it sort of is, but it’s also me capturing the least impressive, most insignificant corner of the Bloomingville stand at Home trade show. Nooooo, not because I’m hopeless. It was in the name of snapping that lamé cushion, which looked like it had […]
Touch a thing and I’ll break ya fingers…
OK, simple question. Which do you prefer? The before… Or the after…