This article was published 10 years “Every print begins with a series of relief sculptures which I create from found objects and ephemera which I think have an interesting form or texture. I look for interesting shadows and the way objects interact with each other when carefully curated and composed….
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Life drawing influences Samantha McNamara’s Ink ceramics
This article was published 10 years Comprising a series of thrown clay vessels and dishes, Samantha McNamara’s collection is available in a range of mini coloured clusters in white, blue, violet, green and blush. Each colour-way combines the muted hues with a contrasting band or line, which enables them to…
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interview :: elliot eakin
This article was published 11 years Eliot Eakin Furniture is based in Chicago where its eponymous founder draws inspiration from the iconic buildings surrounding him, which count Frank Lloyd Wright and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe amongst their architects, working with local craftspeople using metal casting, fabricating, upholstery and woodworking, to…
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here’s one I made earlier :: emma alington’s with a twist
This article was published 12 yearsI’m sharing some of the best posts of 2014 throughout this month, and I love Emma Alington’s surface pattern design technique which mostly involves blowing bubbles… Emma Alington is forever blowing bubbles! Her With A Twist collection is decorated by blowing bubbles in soapy water…
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here’s one I made earlier :: utopia & utility
This article was published 12 years I saw Utopia & Utility‘s Stacking Vessels for the first time in Milan last year, and have since seen them at Clerkenwell Design Week and most recently at Maison et Objet in January. I decided it was high time I found out more about…
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out and about :: in the making (pt 2)
This article was published 12 years A few weeks ago, I left you half way around In The Making at the Design Museum, an exhibition curated by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby, so I thought it was about time to pick up where we left off. We were just looking…
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out and about :: in the making (pt 1)
This article was published 12 years As regular readers will know, I am fascinated by the design and making process, often more than by the end product itself, so you can imagine how excited I was about In The Making, an exhibition Jay Osgerby and Edward Barber have curated for…
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here’s one I made earlier :: jailmake snowflake
This article was published 13 years It’s rare for a Christmas card to engage anyone for longer than it takes to open it, read it, maybe smile, and pop it up on the shelf with the others until they all get taken down with the rest of the decorations. This…
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out and about :: bethan gray inside design
This article was published 13 years A little while ago I went along to Inside Design, an exhibition of Welsh designer Bethan Gray’s work and making processes at Great Western Studios, the shared workspace that Bethan calls home (at least during working hours!). The exhibition saw the launch of the…
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here’s one I made earlier :: tortus copenhagen
This article was published 13 years Behind this ancient door at Kompagnistraede 23 in the design centre of Copenhagen, Denmark lies Tortus Copenhagen, a small-scale producer of fine hand-made ceramics. In their words: “Like the noble creature from which we derive our name, we move at our own humble pace.” Sounds…
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here’s one I made earlier :: pigeometry by lovely pigeon
This article was published 14 years One of the best things about being my involvement with Pulse has been discovering exciting new designers. Lovely Pigeon is the brain child of designer, maker, printer, illustrator and upcycler Kirsty Thomas. She lists her loves as “doodling, junk-shopping, making lists (and losing them again),…
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here’s one I made earlier :: input
This article was published 14 years I’ve decided to make a slight change to this column, and feature the design and making processes of other products, as well as showing you things I’ve made myself. To kick off this new approach is a fantastic exhibition from MARK, Product of Cornwall,…