Interview with American Wire Sculptor Rodger Stevens

Interview with American Wire Sculptor Rodger Stevens

We’ve long been admirers of Rodger Steven’s work, a talented wire sculptor from New York. I remember locating him early last year and I’ve had the pleasure of exchanging conversation through email, so it made sense to do an interview with him so that other creatives can join in on the experience and admire his work. Rodger is quite unusual in the sense that he works in a medium that isn’t all that common. With wire he creates a variety of forms, from mobiles to wall hangings, each one is truly unique and stems from Rodgers own creative ...
Handmade Metal Cans and Boxes by SyuRo

New in the Shop: Handmade Metal Boxes and Cans by SyuRo

Japanese atelier SyuRo is based in Torigoe, Taito-ku, Tokyo. It’s located in an area filled with classic typesetters, canning factories, cloth wholesalers, and hardware stores. These also include small family-run factories engaging in meticulous “monozukuri”, a unique Japanese manufacturing style which mainly means craftsmanship and dedication towards continuos improvement. Today’s world has forgotten “monozukuri” in favour of “cheap mass production”, which has caused some ...
Interview with Wood Turner Jonathan Leech

Interview with English Wood Turner Jonathan Leech

It’s been a long time coming, I’ve wanted to feature our good friend and maker Jonathan Leech for a little while but for some reason it’s taken longer than I would have liked. So it gives me great pleasure to showcase this fantastic wood turner and give you an insight in to his working methods and general thoughts as a creative. As you’ll read below, we discuss his decision to turn craft in to a career, Jonathan’s thoughts on mass production, and his strong link with the National Trust in the UK. Overall you’re sure to find some inspiring ...

Louis Kahn Visual Archive by Naquib Hossain

Wow, some incredible captures of buildings designed by the great architect Louis Kahn, photographed by Naquib Hossain. In fact Naquib has a small website dedicated to Louis Kahn which he has coined a “Visual Archive”, quite fitting for this particular series. If you’ve not seen it before I’d recommend having a browse here, it’s basically a homage to Louis Kahn and his works through a collection of photographs. Interestingly enough …

Louis Kahn Visual Archive by Naquib Hossain

Bowls, Bottles and Vases by Victoria Morris

Often I stumble across inspiration randomly whilst searching for individuals that we could represent in the shop. Before we opened I would have to go looking for, or sometimes pushing, a specific subject, which didn’t always lead to an interesting article or post. Saying that, now I often get led to things via contacts and individuals who’re in the same environment as us. Today I was lucky enough to get pointed in the direction of one …

Bowls, Bottles and Vases by Victoria Morris

Interior Pieces by Hiromatsu Furniture Inc.

The works that I’m presenting to you all today come from Hiromatsu Furniture, a company situated on the Japanese island Kyushu within Okawa, Fukuoka. Hiromatsu manufacture a number of elegant furnishings and wooden interior goods. The pieces created blend both traditional and contemporary Japanese design, with minimal decoration to the wood but clear indications of ancient joinery and craftsmanship techniques …

Interior Pieces by Hiromatsu Furniture Inc.

Abstract Architectural Details by Photographer Yusheng Liao

Wow, this has been an extremely hard post to construct. I’ve been scouring through photographer Yusheng Liao’s website titled ‘Figure and Find’ and I had to whittle it down to a summary of photographs which was near on impossible. Over the years he’s amassed a substantial amount of photographs in his portfolio, mainly architectural and travel related. Straight away I was drawn to …

Abstract Architectural Details by Photographer Yusheng Liao

Ceramic Houses by Rowena Brown

A fantastic short film by Ian Skelly on London based ceramic artist Rowena Brown, who’s a very talented maker indeed. I’ve known about Rowena’s works for a long time but it’s through fantastic videos like this that we get the chance to see the real process behind the objects. In my opinion, when you know the face of the person who’s producing, the reasons why they’re doing it, and also the different stages that the item goes …

Ceramic Houses by Rowena Brown

Japanese Craftsman and Making Processes by Adam Fulford

Last night I was supposed to be getting on with some work but I ended up spending half of it watching through these incredible videos placed up by Adam Fulford. I previously sat through one on the lacquer process a few months back but he’s uploaded a lot more and they’re ever so inspiring, I was in awe watching all the craftsmen create in silence, Adam seems to be living a dream of …

Japanese Craftsman and Making Processes by Adam Fulford
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Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.— Le Corbusier

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