by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
La Manufacture Cogolin is a French rug and carpet making workshop founded in 1924, which specialises in high-quality hand-weaving techniques and innovative designs in silk, cotton, raffia, linen and wool, with distinctive material, colour and texture combinations. It...
by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
Jute and hessian sacks transport coffee beans all over the world. These are stamped with a pictorial or written reference to the place and sometimes the farm of origin. Inexpensive and readily available, the softer and more tightly woven sacks make up into interesting...
by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
Roasted cocoa beans look and smell enticing; the colour of coffee, from café au lait to chocolate to café noir is warm and welcoming. In our workrooms we use coffee in grain form and liquid coffee/chicory essence to dye cloth and trimmings. It imparts a...
by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
The hard outer shell of coconuts is used to make buttons, belt buckles and other small closures; left in their natural state, polished or with a ceramic-like finish the uneven surface grins through the finish, keeping its feet on the ground as a simple, natural,...
by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
An extremely hardwearing and very strong fibre derived from the husk of the coconut, the fruit of the coconut palm, Cocos nucifera. Images takes from a small coir / coconut fibre operation in the countryside. Each palm tree produces a continuous,...
