South of the Clouds

 What a find! I was in a second hand bookshop in Clapham and picked this up: 'The High Road to China'. Kate Teltscher writes abou...

I saw 'Chongqing Blues' yesterday, shown at the ICA as part of the London Film Festival. The film is about a father who returns...

Bowl and spoon made at Howard Fenn and Steve Wager's Studio in the fabulous Vanguard Court, Camberwell today. What a fantastic day in ...

 'the freaking awesome and beautiful Ruby and the Vines show us their Afro rock madness' ..... ....was sadly cancelled this eveni...

Christmas has come early. Or is it late birthday? I've just received two parcels in the post: an order of hundreds of paper cut outs fro...

From tree trunk to spoon: here's how.... Thanks to the marvellously talented Nic Webb http://www.nicwebb.com/ in his studio in Vanguar...

I had an afternoon of inspiration yesterday with a friend, also a designer, looking at some of the workshops and studios in Lambeth http://...

http://www.miriamhanid.com/  I had a wonderful time at Goldsmith's Fair http://www.thegoldsmiths.co.uk/ early this evening, looking ...

Teacup bought in Kunming has two little painted fish at the bottom, which are said to come to life when the tea is added

The spoon has changed from picture on left to smooth shiny one on the right after lots of filing (didn't realise I was inhaling clouds o...

I got to practice my v rusty French at a party on Saturday, with two very amenable people who actually can speak the language: I received an...

I've just been introduced to the Papered Parlour in Clapham http://www.thepaperedparlour.co.uk/ by Rose. Really like this blog too: htt...