Two of my friends recently gave birth and to make sure that their offspring were trend-setters from the word go, I got knitting needles and old buttons out of the sewing box, and with a bit (alright a lot) of help from my mother made a pearly king and queen cardigan and booties for both of them.
Tags: baby, bespoke, booties, Crafts, hand-made, pearly king, pearly queen, Vintage
On a recent trip to Rome with a girlfriend, where we successful squished in every tourist attraction possible to our limited time, I found this amazing graffiti carved into the walls of the coliseum, with dates of the artist/vandal carved next to it, dating back to 1922 in some cases – not what I was expecting from my ancient ruin visit!
Tags: Coliseum, Flavian Amphitheatre, grafetti, historical, roman, travel
Way back in balmy December I helped out at the Secret Emporiums Christmas Market. One of the stall holders was the super talented Rara, with her stall ‘Rara Handmade’, selling a collection of delectable hand-crafted garments and goodies all made in vintage inspired prints to bring out the 50’s domestic goddess in anyone. All of the goodies on display and more can be bought by getting in touch with Rara directly by emailing: rarabarbie@yahoo.co.uk
Tags: christmas market, Crafts, Design, domestic goddess, Festivals, hand-made, Handmade by Rara, Local artists, London, Secret Garden Party, stall holders, Vintage
My friends Vicki and Wibbe form the acrobatic act Fullstop Acrobatic Theatre. It aims to offer a contemporary look at circus performance, blending traditional acrobatic and aerial skills with modern dance and physical theatre techniques. They travel all over Europe and needed new flyers in a variety of languages, good job that their friend Sammi is a designer…
http://www.fullstopacrobatics.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fullstop-Acrobatic-Theatre
Tags: Festivals, FullStop Acrobatic Theatre, Local artists, travel
This summer Beryl Cook had an exhibition at Bristol Museum. I have to confess to avoiding her work in the past as my GCSE art teacher adored her work and as often happens being ‘taught’ about an artist put me off her. But upon entering the exhibition you are greeted with the following notice.
Beryl Cook never cared if her work was considered good or bad art. She got pleasure from creating it, and that was enough. So whether your taste in art is Turner or Banksy, its hard not to gain pleasure from someone’s paintings that’s already achieved its main purpose. Beryl Cook enjoyed painting it.
Tags: artwork, Banksy, Beryl Cook, Bristol, Bristol Museum, Turner
Trees for Cities are an independent charity that inspires people to plant and love trees worldwide. They recently held a free festival in Battersea Park called the Tree-Athlon, with people taking part in a 5K run, given a chance to plant a tree, take part in a100m barefoot world record attempt, listen to live music and create a giant piece of street art. Being a bit of a lazy-bones at the moment, I didn’t fancy the run, but did donate money to plant a tree and currently have my little leafy friend on the balcony of my flat.
http://www.treesforcities.org/
Tags: Battersea park, Fundraising, London, Nature, Trees for Cities
