It’s an accepted norm that women in middle age and beyond become invisible to all but dutiful grandchildren. The great appeal of New York photographer Ari Seth Cohen’s new book Advanced Style is that it places ‘women of years’ right in the vanguard of fashion. The way Cohen sees it, these women have been at the style game longest and know exactly what they are doing. The book, like Cohen’s celebrated
Friday 1 June is the closing date for entires to The Balvenie Master of Crafts Awards which champion British craftsmanship. Winners receive not only recognition but a programme of practical support in promoting their creations. There are awards in the categories of wood, glass and ceramics, textiles, leather, stone and – new for 2012 – food. There is also a Young Master Award and one for Lifetime Achievement. Judges include
Opening this weekend at St Andrews Museum in Fife is SJ Peploe: the French Connection, an exhibition which demonstrate the influence of France and French painting on the famous Scottish Colourist’s work. Samuel Peploe was born in Edinburgh in 1871. He studied art in his home city as well as in Paris. Along with contemporaries such as Fergusson, Cadell and Hunter, he took many painting trips to France where, inspired
From Swiss design agency This Made comes this sleek, Mac shaped chopping board. It’s made from oiled, food safe apple wood (appropriately enough) and comes in a range of sizes. It will probably outlast the product it’s modelled on and only time will tell which proves more useful in the long run! Prices start at about £50 for the 13 inch.
Unlike the rest of us, Lauren Kobilnyk and Ross Macauley haven’t left their photo collection languishing on a memory card or cluttering up their computer. The Dunfermline based pair have set up Jewel in her Crown which sells these superb silk scarves, digitally printed with polaroid style photographs. Lauren says, ‘We’ve been really please with the positive feedback our first collection has generated. To have orders come in from people
Louise Belcourt paints hedges. Canada is not necessarily a country you’d associate with hedges but apparently the hedges are monumental.Belcourt spends every summer in a remote small Canadian village called Metis-sur-Mer in north eastern Quebec where she paints these huge green boundaries. Belcourt now lives in the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn, New York where she moved in 1984 before it was trendy or you could buy groceries easily but she
Sometimes referred to as an ’embassy for Scottish art’, The Fleming Collection in London’s Mayfair is reputedly the most significant collection of Scottish art in private hands, comprising over 750 oils and watercolours from 1770 to the present. There are Raeburns, McTaggarts, works by the Glasgow Boys and the Colourists – including the Cadell above – and an ongoing programme of acquisitions focuses in particular on young Scottish artists. The Collection’s
These wonderful photos were taken in 1961 by Ralph Crane documenting ‘Black Cat Auditions in Hollywood’ for Life magazine. A shot of Vincent Price at the end suggests that this audition must have been for Tales of Terror (1962) by Roger Corman. Method actors all but which ones will end up on the casting couch? Via Bored Panda
Described as the ‘Forgotten Pioneer’, Alastair Morton (1910-1963) led Edinburgh Weavers to be one of the most innovative textile companies of the twentieth century. He was one of the first producers to use artists, painters and sculptors to create fabric patterns. Major figures such as Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, Cecil Collins, as well as foreign artists such as Marino Marini, Victor Vasarely were commissioned to produce patterns. Other artist-designers
Armed with pen and ink and a trusty 1940s sewing machine, Jo Chambers creates these utterly charming, embroidered pet portraits. The starting point for the A4 size images is a good quality photograph along with all-important information about the subject’s character. Jo, who is based in Bath, has an Etsy shop and welcomes commissions from doting dog and cat owners. Portraits start at about £85.