Saying her name may sound like choking on dry Weetabix but her designs are a far more sinuous affair. Anna Greta Eker was an important designer of the 1960s Norwegian craftdesigner movement and a key figure in the non profit PLUS organisation, creating striking modernist pieces in silver that are as covetable and stylish today as they were when they were made. Excitingly, you can still source her work on
A little flock of these gorgeous little birds have flown out of the Avocado Sweet shop recently. At just £14.50 they are the perfect handmade gift, each one unique and just right for a new arrival or a happy couple. Order yours here.
If you’re not already a fan of Tom Gauld’s cartoons in The Guardian here’s a small selection to convince you. He’ll be at this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival on 23 August. In April he published a book of the cartoons, You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetpacks, available from The Guardian bookshop.
Hannah Brown Interiors is a fresh new range of decorative products for the home, all handmade by Hannah herself. The range includes unusual framed items such as microscope slides, quail eggs and seafans. There are also richly textured cushions and delicately pressed orchids and leaves. We particularly like the duckweed series mounted on shades of green and we’re delighted that Hannah has offered a framed duckweed print as a competition
Claire Lamond, Andrew Lennie and Alan Grieve are the artists behind the Real Bothy Project. Travelling through Fife this summer, they have been inviting people of all ages to ‘grab a bothy brew and join in the bothy banter’, continuing a long association of artists with the wild shelters of Scotland. They say, ‘traditionally, the bothy is understood as an egalitarian environment, a space for exchange. a place of chance
For Lowry, the industrial landscape inspired his matchstick men. For Hockney it was the swimming pools of California and for Banksy, gritty urban backdrops. For Scottish artist Ann Oram a diverse series of places have been the spur for her work. For the time being, the place is Fife – not the East Neuk which is the usual choice for artists – but the picturesque Logie Estate in Crossford near
Such a simple and brilliant idea – a stylish picture of your favourite football ground that fits in with the decor of your home. Football fan and artist Jamie Edwards explains how he came to create this series of pictures: ‘As a football fan and landscape artist I was always disappointed by the lack of original ‘football art’. Imagery surrounding the game is increasingly produced under the guise of ‘merchandise’,
Skateboarder Robbie Hamilton has drawn on his fleeting and ephemeral view of the built landscape to create this fantastic series of paintings for a new exhibition – Passing Places – at the Old Ambulance Depot Edinburgh 25-28 July. The Duncan of Jordanstone student says, ‘I wanted to capture the skater’s obsessive response to the constantly changing urban environment as well as featuring ‘unlooked at’ architecture and the restrictions on fast movement
Take a look at Leo Caillard‘s shots of statues done up like hipsters. The addition of t shirts, shades and trainers is strangely humanising and makes for an intriguing project which has gained the French photographer a great deal of attention. Another interesting new look at classical statuary comes from German archaeologist Vinzenz Brinkmann. He has used high intensity lamps, ultraviolet light and powdered minerals to research and recreate the
Australian Vogue, The Sunday Times and The Guardian have all featured Scottish furniture designer Angus Ross and at the end of 2012 he exhibited in Chicago with Craft Scotland. Angus knew his career move, from designing products for Boots and Mothercare, including their potties, to furniture design was meant to be when he found premises in Aberfeldy that had been used as a wood workshop since 1880. Much of his work is by