On a recent trip to India, Alexander Hulme couldn’t help but notice the 5 Rupee coin had a really beautiful decorative edge. He decided he could highlight the edge by turning the Rupee into a ring. He drilled out the center, shaped the hole and silver plated it. He sold the rings he had for 200 times the value of the 5 Rupee piece, around £13.50.
These felted wool wrist cuffs by Papaver Vert are really fun! Patty Benson hand makes each cuff by crocheting them out of a wool/mohair blend then wet felting them into shape. Everything is made to order so you get to choose your color combinations!
Available in multiple sizes & shapes from the Papaver Vert Supermarket Shop.
I really love the simplicity and color burst of the Shokki Collection of stoneware vessels by Paris based designer and ceramicist Laurent Colio. The bare ceramic mixed with the brilliantly colored interior is beautifully matched with the simple form and ribbon handles. The clay Laurent used is native to the Guimards quarry in Burgundy, France.
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I love these beautiful hand made birds by London based artist Abigail Brown. She hand crafts each bird using found and new cloth and materials, making each piece unique. Her birds are sold in her online shop for £70 to £140 (around $112 – $220).
I’ve seen these painted pieces of driftwood floating around the internet for a few months now but haven’t been able to identify who created it, until now. These beautiful colored sticks are by illustrator Ginnette Lapalme. Be sure to check out here portfolio of totally crazy illustrations, figurines, and drawings.
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The beautiful Block22 iPad stand from Sherwood+Miester is hand carved from FSC certified South American Ipe wood and is hand finished with a natural wax, bringing out the Ipe wood’s amazing grain and color. The stand has a shallow bowl carved into the back portion of the stand to hold your accessories.
Cool little music boxes that are the size of a match box. Created by Loja de Estar. Available in 20 different songs, all of which can listened to on the store’s site.
I could see these being really fun.
Collecting music is an emotional thing. If you have ever collected vinyl records, cassettes or CD’s, you know it’s [about] more than the music, it’s the item itself. The Foradacaixa hand crank music boxes can be your next collection, with its beautiful illustrated package and the unique tunes. Start rock and rolling.
Available at Loja de Estar for €10.00 each
18 note music box
measures: 4 × 5 × 2 cm
paper box designed and produced by 2.2 studio to ‘loja de estar’
illustration and graphic design by maria helena
sound recorded at 455 music studio
foradacaixa® is a registered trademark from ‘loja de estar’
Really great work from Evelin Kasikov. I love the mix of newer technologies re-created with traditional methods. Be sure to check out the work she did for Wired Magazine.
Printed Matter is a project about craft within the context of graphic design. My aim is to bring together craft and modern technology, and explore the possibilities for printing processes to be integrated with textile techniques. My main influences come from Swiss typography, Dutch book design and Estonian language – in no particular order. By mixing high and low tech, screen based media with slower crafts, I investigate different ways of seeing and experiencing visual messages.
view more of here work here: Printed Matter.
Created by Colin Roberts as a personal project.
View more of his work here: Colin Roberts
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