Overlapping Colour

• Un-attributed /dated textile, Charleston Farm House
  
• Kenneth Farnhill, Collins, 1962
  
• Poster, Lacome, 1964
  

Spring!

As spring becomes more promising with each passing day, my seasonal mug for Melt and their Selfridges concession should be available any moment. Here’s one of the rejected designs… which may or may not have been my favourite.

Tiles #2

Some items seem somehow different as soon as you learn a little about the processes behind them. Here are some of the tiles that lay/hang around my home in varying degrees of decoration/uselessness. The second one is like the world’s toughest cheese on toast.

With news that the recession will see fewer donations and greater custom at charity shops, I doubt this collection will ever swell to Sheila Hughes proportions.

• Lisa Larson for Gustavsberg, Sweden
  
• Cemar, Italy
  
• US Plastics, Sweden
  
• Pilkington, England
  
• Unmarked