I had mainly seen her cushions and textile designs which are pretty but think that Catherine Hammerton‘s wallpapers, particularly the 3D ones, are worth showing you. If you’re a pet owner, maybe you should stick to the cushions. And don’t forget the kids!
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As a working contemporary artist I visit many exhibitions and shows, but sometimes it is the things I see that are part of daily life that capture my interest. My one-minute blog of interesting things reflects the fact that although we are increasingly time-poor, there is creativity all around us. Email me at info@carolinebanks.co.uk with your name and email to receive a weekly post that only takes 1 minute to read.
Swarm Home – Reusing and recreating
I’ve been reading about this company and really admire what they’re doing. Leslie Oschmann, former visual director at Anthropologie, has always been interested in gathering stuff from markets and creating something different from it. She’s now based in Amsterdam and it obviously suits her. Here are a few bits that caught my eye, especially the […]
Mizuho Koizumi silverware
I’ve been meaning to tell you about Mizuho’s work for a while now as she’s been working for several years. She graduated in 2001 from the Royal College of Art and is based in Cockpit Studios so I see her pieces at least twice a year when the studios have their open weekends. She’s focused […]
Zpine Chair by Eravolution
Eric Tong, the founder of Eravolution set up last year has devised a technique he calls honeycomb which is cheap, lightweight and strong: all qualities from the original bee structure but replicated in wood. It is additionally renewable and biodegradable being made from native birch. The chairs were launched at Tent last year and more […]
Road sign in London – if only…
I couldn’t resist photographing this the other day. Essex Road is very rich in roadside art. My apologies that it isn’t a great photo but this was just before one of the many downpours that lunchtime.
Tessa Farmer’s Dramas
Tessa Farmer has been on my mind for a while now. I first saw her work in the flesh through the Danielle Arnaud Gallery. Her miniaturised dramas are grotesquely fascinating; not only do the scenes depict situations loaded with suppressed or actual violence, the execution and level of detail are staggering. These still-lives are to be studied over […]
Junya Ishigami at The Barbican, London
Architecture as Air is the title of this installation by Junya Ishigami in The Curve at The Barbican. All one can see is a minimal arrangement of white threadlike columns and beams suspended against the white gallery walls. Look more closely however (much much more) and you detect the transparent filaments supporting the structure. I […]
Madame Grès exhibition at the Musée Bourdelle in Paris
This opened at the end of March and ended on the 24th July. I expect that most of you wouldn’t have been able to visit so here are a few snapshots of a fascinating show. It was an inspired decision to hold the show at the Musée Bourdelle, found down a quiet back street in the 15th […]
New Designers: One Year On
It’s always interesting to see what graduates get up to after the excitement of their degree shows. A couple who caught my eye last year were now showing at the One Year On exhibition. Lyn Snow, whose website is currently in development produced bold splashy prints reminiscent of The Cloth from the 80’s but graffiti-like […]
A really good idea at New Designers
It isn’t that often that I’m stopped in my tracks but this is a case in point. It is particularly apt given the latest news of mass human suffering: the Horn of Africa famine. This stove, shown by Emily Ditton , has been designed specifically for production and use in refugee camps. The materials are cheap and […]