The art of colourful living by Annie Sloan The Colourist is a Bookazine and is Annie Sloan's latest venture. The current plan is to publish bi-yearly, but don't quote me on that. For those who don't know, a bookazine, as it says on the tin, is a cross between a book and a magazine.… Continue reading The Colourist
This is purely a visual post. I happened to be in Brighton last week and came across the first and last piece of graffiti, shown here, close by Brighton railway station. I particularly love the Banksy of the two policemen kissing. This sums up Brighton at its best, alternative, tolerant and inclusive. Each summer when… Continue reading Graffiti
London Craft Week runs from 9th - 13th May and there are some inspiring designs and demonstrations to be seen. One of the practitioners, with a temporary residency at Howe is, Anglo Armenian, Lora Avedian, multidisciplinary artist who graduated from the RCA with a masters in Mixed Media Textiles. Lora's process begins with research often… Continue reading Lora Avedian at Howe for London Craft Week
by Sally Coulthard If you are a designer, or just love creative people and enjoy seeing how and where they work, then this is must have book. It is full of inspiration. The author, Sally Coulthard, lives on a farm where she rents out barns to artists. As she says ‘it’s a scruffy… Continue reading Studio – Creative Spaces for Creative People
I had a lamp shade in need of some TLC at the same time i had some very nice fabric remnants left over from other projects so I decided to combine them. You will need A lampshade Half meter of silk fabric Half meter of Butterflies fabric Bondaweb Thin bendy wire Wire cutters and small… Continue reading Butterfly lamp shade
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