Thanks to everybody who came and visited our stand and bought the kits. We had a great time with lots of really good feedback. There was an amazing selection of stalls - check out upcoming events on the We Make Blog http://wemakelondon.blogspot.com/
Posted @ 10:16:07 on 13 December 2010 back to top
We are very excited to be showing at the WE MAKE Christmas Fair on Saturday 4th December at Chelsea Town Hall. We will be launvhing new products - details to follow...
Posted @ 11:40:05 on 21 July 2010 back to top
I had the good fortune to go to a historical plaster studio the other day. The plasterwork was great but the moulds used to cast the fibrous plaster were equally interesting, piled high on shelves in ice cream colours. So here's some pictures dedicated to the unsung heroes of the plastework restoration process!
Posted @ 13:03:31 on 14 July 2010 back to top
Another belated entry on the blog - this time from the DECODE exhibition at the V&A. A great use of craft techniques and pattern to give a touchy feeley aspect to digital art. Loving the monochrome trend too.
Posted @ 11:49:27 on 09 July 2010 back to top
I have recently tried to get more out of my daily commute... beauty can be found anywhere!
Posted @ 15:11:01 on 17 June 2010 back to top
I just came across these photos on my camera from last Christmas and HAD to put them on here!
These are images from a huge exhibition of Szopka (nativity scenes) from Krakow in Poland. There is an annual competition for the best model which started in 1937 and is now a famous tradition.
There are complicated and perfect entries by serious grown ups but also lovely messy ones by children too. They all take inspiration from Wawel Castle in Krakow by the way - in case you were wondering why they don't look much like Bethlehem! You can usually spot a green dragon too from the old tale of the dragon that sat at the base of the Castle.
Great colours, great materials. It's so good to see architecture depicted in a fun way.
Posted @ 16:23:39 on 01 June 2010 back to top
The Quilts exhibition at the London V&A is now on until 4th July 2010 and is well worth a visit: http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/textiles/quilts-1700-2010/
By far the best exhibit for me was the work by Fine Cell Work who were comissioned by the V&A to produce a piece for the exhibition. It is a contemporary depiction of prison life, conceived and designed by prisoners involved in the project and sewn in HMP Wandsworth.
The rest of the exhibition was fairly predictable with a few gems. The pastel pink room sets were extremely disappointing. I can't help feeling an opportunity was missed to showcase quilting old and new in a modern and innovative way - such as the amazing DECODE exhibition which has just finished at the V&A.
However please check out the Fine Cell Work website if you have never come across this project before: http://www.finecellwork.co.uk/home/
Posted @ 15:56:34 on 07 April 2010 back to top
This is a present for a friend which might be developed into a future product. The phrase 'Less is More' was cross stitched in minimalist light grey onto 14ct white Aida and then framed.
The phrase is often associated with Architect Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe but I discovered that it can also be found in the 1855 poem Andrea del Sarto by Robert Browning:
Who strive - you don't know how the others strive
To paint a little thing like that you smeared
Carelessly passing with your robes afloat,-
Yet do much less, so much less, Someone says,
(I know his name, no matter) - so much less!
Well, less is more, Lucrezia.
Check out The Phrase Finder at: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/226400.html
Posted @ 21:49:58 on 19 January 2010 back to top
According to the Times Online BT has recently begun searching for a big-name chef to oversee the restaurant that has not been open to the public since 1980, when the Top of the Tower venue closed after 14 years. It was shut partly because of security fears. In 1971 an IRA bomb exploded in the lavatories.
We can't wait to experience the 360-degree view over London which apparantely takes about 20 minutes to complete a circuit.
Posted @ 20:38:49 on 25 October 2009 back to top
We are excited to announce that we are now a member of hidden art and our products are fetaured in the e-shop. We have already been selected for the Hidden Art Shop in the Tom Dixon Portobello Dock pop-up shop event created to announce the opening of the new Tom Dixon showroom.
Hidden Art is an award-winning not-for-profit membership organisation that supports and promotes UK designers and Designer-makers, a process that offers benefits to the overall design community. http://www.hiddenartshop.com/
Posted @ 21:15:15 on 24 October 2009 back to top
Transport for London are planning to roll out a new textile design across their fleet of tubes and they have launched a competition to design the fabric pattern. Check out our entry ... we like it so much we are looking at incorporating something similar into our products... watch this space!
The competition is now closed and we are not sure when the winner will be announced - check out the TFL website for more information: http://shop.tfl.gov.uk/moquette-competition.html
Posted @ 11:41:40 on 24 October 2009 back to top
Posted @ 22:41:37 on 23 August 2009 back to top
We LOVE these basketball boots from Raf Simons. Check them out at Oki-Ni online shop. Freeform cross stitch - what a great idea! Reminds us of our cross stitch shirt...
http://www.oki-ni.com/invt/raf0039wht
Posted @ 08:53:19 on 08 July 2009 back to top
