Cave Interiors

Happy to spot our cushions in this smart Marylebone apartment recently refurbished by Cave Interiors. You can see more details on the project on Cave's website here.

  

Images: Luca Piffaretti

Ercol

Nice to see our Peppercorn and 405 Line blankets on this Ercol shoot

Beautiful colours of Stockholm

Pumpernickel and Sourdough

This year we are launching two new designs woven with undyed British wool. Called Pumpernickel and Sourdough, we think they make a handsome wholesome pair.

The blankets are woven for us in Lancashire, and the yarn for both designs is made up from a blend of fleeces from three breeds - Suffolk Lowland, Welsh Mountain and Jacobs sheep.

These above are Welsh mountain sheep in the snow in their thick winter coats. It is the Welsh Mountain fleeces which give the darkest colours in the range - seen below in the mix for our new Pumpernickel design. We've paired it with a white on the reverse and a scarlet stitched edge.

The palest colours in the range are from the Suffolk lowland sheep with their white fleeces and black faces and legs. The painting here is of the prize-winning Suffolk Lowland sheep of the Marquis of Bristol.

On the right below is our new Sourdough design. As with the Pumpernickel we have paired it with a white reverse and this time we have added a stitched boarder in a tumeric yellow on the blanket. For the cushions we have used our Straw Yellow ground fabric as the backing for the Sourdough and the Petrol Green ground on the Pumpernickel.

second: Wild wool farm
fourth: wikigallery

Candy Canes and Christmas Lights

Elliott Ceramics

Our friend Elliott has just recently launched his first ceramics range. The work is beautiful. Wonderful spare considered shapes in delicious ice cream colours. 

The pieces feel lovely to use - they sit well in your hand, and the little fleks of colour and texture add a touch of grit to keep them just the right side of sugary.

These are colour samples for the porcelain - stacked up here they look like delicious marzipan in hazlenut, raspberry, mint and oatmeal. You can see more of Elliott's work here.

Peter Lanyon - Soaring Flight

I went recently to the Peter Layon show at the Courtauld. The exhibition called 'Soaring Flight' focuses on Layon's later gliding paintings. The painting above is a aerial view of the coast. This one seems quite explicit - many of the other paintings are quite abstracted, with suggestions of the route of the glider's journey as well as references to the elements in the air - thermals, and clouds.

I particularly like the painting above called 'Drift'. It captures the moment that the glider is released from the powered plane towing it - the central black streak is thought to be the towing line falling away from the glider. I really like the feeling of calm and the mix of colours - soft chalky whites and greys with just a flash of mustard and cobalt blue. Beautiful!