London is very lucky to be able to offer a wealth of great free exhibitions and museums on many subjects. This open to all attitude really helps to keep feeding the minds of our designers and innovaters that one can go out and have your eyes opened to all sorts of information. One such jem […]
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Pro Tips: Pricking a Design
Prick and Pounce as a method of transfering a design onto your cloth is a great way to get an accurate draft to work from. Much of the embroidery process is about the preparation of your materials and design, as if your preparations are not right the final piece will never be that great no […]
Making Memory at the Design Museum
British based Architect of Ghanaian descent, Sir David Adjaye OBE, known for his beautifully and carefully thought out landmark structures within the architectural world, is showcasing his past, present and future work at The Design Museum. Adjaye’s international recognition comes from his ability to immerse himself and fully understand a culture’s past in order to […]
Hawthorne & Heaney for London Craft Week
For the past 3 years, London Craft Week has become a highlight of the creative calendar with all sorts of exciting workshops, demonstrations and talks taking place across town. These celebrate the most unique and interesting craft skills London has to offer. Ranging from whisky tasting to watchmaking to weaving there is something to interest everyone. […]
Goldwork bumps are back in stock!
For those of you who are interested in Goldwork, our goldwork bumps are back in stock! Available in white and yellow, the soft string padding are used to give height to goldwork pieces! It has a total of 60m in individual strands, loosely twisted together making it perfect to practise your raising techniques! We have also added […]
Karen Nicol
Beautiful, textural piece using a combination of different techniques If you’re not yet familiar with Karen Nicol’s work the we suggest you start looking! Karen Nicol is an embroiderer and mixed media artist, who also specialises in fashion and interiors from a London based design studio. Interiors Work Some of her work has been used by Anthropologie, […]