Metal working and metal objects are quite hard to come by these days, I’ve not found much that has really grabbed my attention over the past year or so. The problem with these metal items is that it’s hard to make something that’s got real character and depth to it, usually it’s either a silver functional piece that you can’t really connect to, or it’s something totally sculptural and quite flamboyant. These seen here on the other hand meet both …
It’s always a joy discovering new companies who have the same aesthetic as us, although you’d think we would be into anything ‘minimal’ or ‘modern’ that’s not really the case. It’s a lot more complicated than that and we seem to be getting very particular about the substance behind a project or business. What gets me is the character and quirkiness of an object, for example a lot of the craft stuff that I’ve been showcasing lately has …
Here are some beautiful objects made by Toshio Fukuda, a lacquerware artist out of Japan. It looks like he’s got an amazing eye for simplistic form in general, as with most Japanese creatives, and has been able to create some astonishing shapes that are both functional and very natural looking. This isn’t an easy feat when creating lacquered objects since they often appear quite fake and uninteresting, these though have wonderful …
I’m not sure how we’ve not posted up Lilith Rockett’s work before, I’ve come across many ceramicists over the years, albeit each one having a slightly different flavour, but I’ve never seen such a complete collection as Lilith’s. She works primarily in porcelain which seems to be a massive attraction for me as a material, I love the translucency, fluidity, and also the soft look of the finished piece. Some people may see it as bland …
To cap off the day we get this interesting look at the production of an exclusive shoe made by Grenson for Barbour. Quite a fitting collaboration, one being known for producing some of the finest footwear in the world and the other for its outerwear, with these items all being made in England. “This iconic footwear collaboration represents the hundreds of skilled hand operation that go into both a pair of hand crafted …
The Cooper & Stollbrand factory has been featured previously on the format and rightfully so given it’s the last remaining factory of it’s kind in England. Stuart Meldrum brings us a less hands on approach in this short documentary, with a little upbeat music as we tour of the factory and it’s surroundings. As we move through the various areas of Cooper and Stollbrand it’s exciting to see the handmade aspects of Cooper …
