The art of knit with Clemence Joly
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The art of knit with Clemence Joly

Parisian artist Clemence Joly recently created a wool butchery for Vintage Furniture and lighting brand Merchant & Found during London Craft Week … a showstopper that featured giant T-bone steaks alongside charcuterie .. each sausage lovingly knitted by hand. We speak to the Central St Martins trained artist on where her love for knitting began and what next…

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Merchant & Found brings you the Vintage Supermarket - 6,000 sq ft pop up in Soho for London Craft Week
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Merchant & Found brings you the Vintage Supermarket - 6,000 sq ft pop up in Soho for London Craft Week

Merchant & Found, the UKs leading online vintage furniture and lighting brand, is launching a 6000 sq ft Vintage Supermarket in Soho, London at the Vinyl Factory from 15-18th May.

Championing the legendary makers of vintage furniture and lighting and celebrating and championing the skill of contemporary makers in association with London Craft Week and Vinterior.

Merchant & Found has commissioned a diverse range of makers united by their use of primary natural materials, textiles, paper, glass, stone and wood whilst also highlighting a number of endangered heritage crafts.

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Graphenstone collaborates with Michelle Ogundehin
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Graphenstone collaborates with Michelle Ogundehin

Graphenstone Purifying Paints, one of the most widely certified paint brands in the world has collaborated with Michelle Ogundehin, one of the most influential figures in British Interior Design on an edit of sixteen soothing paint shades. The new collection which launches in April, lovingly crafted by Michelle, is designed for wellbeing and selected for ease. It is a foundational palette for the entire home.

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Learn the ancient and endangered craft of 'ink floating' marbling with artist Natascha Maksimovic (Nat Maks) at Knots Rugs during London Craft Week
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Learn the ancient and endangered craft of 'ink floating' marbling with artist Natascha Maksimovic (Nat Maks) at Knots Rugs during London Craft Week

Knots Rugs will host an immersive and interactive workshop during London Craft Week with collaborator Nat Maks (above), the Margate based marbling artist who will also launch her first book on the subject at the event during London Craft Week on Tuesday 14th May from 5pm – 9pm at Knots Chelsea Store.

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Knots Rugs launches second Suminagashi Collection - Fleur
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Knots Rugs launches second Suminagashi Collection - Fleur

Knots Rugs has launched a second Suminagashi collection of smaller rugs called ‘Fleur’ based on an original artwork created by its fine artist founder, Bonnie Sutton at the Margate studio of NatMaks in vibrant colourways - red, orange, green , yellow and blue - that can be layered in a group or individually.

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Own your own piece of British Art History...
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Own your own piece of British Art History...

The Imperial War Museum has launched a capsule collection of limited edition products that have been handcrafted from the original stretcher wood from Stanley Spencer's iconic 'Shipbuilding on the Clyde' series of paintings on display at its new Blavatnik art, film and photography gallery.

Handmade in the workshops of IWM London, each item in the range is signed by Stanley Spencer (a copy of which was provided by his grandson) and comes with a certificate of authenticity.

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LALIQUE launches the Lianes Feuilles Champs-Elysees
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LALIQUE launches the Lianes Feuilles Champs-Elysees

LIANES FEUILLES CHAMPS-ELYSEES

Using the iconic pattern of the CHAMPS-ELYSEES leaf, Lalique Interior Design offers a bespoke lighting fixture which brings a gentle and delicate light to any area. Each Champs-Elysées leaf is individually lit at their center, and their placement and angle can vary depending on the environment; As a vine like chain of crystal falling down from the ceiling, or as a dense foliage across the length of a table.

The Lianes concept of the Champs-Elysées can be spread out, or concentrated into small clouds, offering an ever-adapting product for any chosen space or environment. (The number of leaves and their placement, and drop can all be modified).

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KNOTS RUGS COLLABORATES WITH ARTIST NAT MAKS ON LIMITED EDITION ‘SUMINAGASHI’ COLLECTION
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KNOTS RUGS COLLABORATES WITH ARTIST NAT MAKS ON LIMITED EDITION ‘SUMINAGASHI’ COLLECTION

Knots Rugs is to launch a collaboration with Nat Maks, the Margate studio founded by artist Natascha Maksimovic, who works with the ancient Japanese technique of Suminagashi ‘ink floating’ Marbling. Eight original artworks in individual colourways have been painstakingly and sensitively reinterpreted by Knots Rugs and its fine artist founder, Bonnie Sutton.

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National Portrait Gallery launches capsule home accessories collection using the Gainsborough fabric from its new Gallery walls
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National Portrait Gallery launches capsule home accessories collection using the Gainsborough fabric from its new Gallery walls

The National Portrait Gallery, which reopened on 22 June 2023, will launch a celebratory capsule collection ‘Enfilade’ of ultra-limited-edition cushions, throws, quilts, and table runners using offcuts from the fabrics that line its new Gallery walls.

Designed as ‘collector’s items of the future,’ each piece in the range which spans large and medium sized throws, cushions and a table runner is limited in number and inspired by the bold colour combinations on the walls of the new third floor gallery spaces – an Enfilade – a visual feast for the visitor with multiple colorways to be viewed at once.

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