Light and colour

Posted in Inspired by Michelle on June 10th, 2008

If you get the chance to catch the Amococo luminarium on tour, don’t miss it!

A huge yet delicate sculpture created and assembled by hand by the Architects of Air, here in Nottingham.

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Art brought to life

Posted in Inspired by Michelle on May 8th, 2008

Have a look at the beautiful work of Emma Hack, an Australian who taught herself to paint.

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Banksy build an empire

Posted in Inspired by Lorna on May 1st, 2008

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We may have thought it bizarre viewing graffiti art in a cosy gallery in prestigious Knightsbridge 15 years ago, but this is where I visited the recent Banksy exhibition.

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Create a Britwell boudoir

Posted in Inspired by Lorna on May 1st, 2008

I’m a lover of textile design, always have been. It’s often an inspiration in my work. So I was over the moon to read that Celia Birtwell has applied some of her recent fashion designs for Topshop to home textiles for the first time.

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Riot in the streets

Posted in Inspired by Lorna on April 29th, 2008

The streets are alive with bright, beautiful, joyous colour. On a recent trip to see what a shift in season had brought to the high street I was overcome with the abundance of colour, it was everywhere. Like someone had waved a big magic wand, spring had arrived.

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Playtime’s up

Posted in Inspired by Jam on April 8th, 2008

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Over recent years we’ve seen increasing mass media coverage of the effects of global warming. But the reports come at a cost: ‘global warming’ is now a phrase that has lost a lot of its impact, and has become more of a droning nag.

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