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...
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...
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...
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...
