by Heather Luke | Oct 18, 2015 | Design, Inspiration, New from old, No machine, Patterns
Here are some of things we’ve done with our very simply worked, colourful kanthas – actually not much as it happens, but then that’s just the point !!! Bengal in the northeast of India has an embroidery tradition that we have all come to recognise. It’s called...
by Heather Luke | Oct 14, 2015 | Design, Textiles
What we know as mud cloths are more correctly called Bogolanfini, or Bogolan – loosely translated as ‘by means of mud’. The mud in question is in effect a clay slip with a naturally high iron content that has been fermented for about twelve months....
by Heather Luke | Sep 27, 2015 | Core techniques, Design, Inspiration, Patterns
I guess the questions we’re most frequently asked, not so much by clients as by those who come into space are these. How do you put colours together ? Why these – do pink and red really go then ? They ask how we...
by Heather Luke | Sep 26, 2015 | Design, Inspiration
I alway feel a bit lost without a camera in my hand; the glamorous new world of the ‘saturday job’ provided my first one – even before shoes and bags – and although I’m no photographer I do like to capture the things that appeal to the...
by Heather Luke | Jul 15, 2015 | Design, Workroom Remnants
Offcuts, trimmings, frayed threads, just bits and pieces – we have plenty of them in all shapes and sizes, and anyone with a workroom will understand how, although it seems wasteful to throw them out, we just can’t keep everything and there comes a time.....
