Here are some of our favourites from Cockpit Summer Open Studios, Holborn. So many beautiful unique products to furnish the home or adorn the body. Deptford Open Studios starts this Friday so if you are in South London this weekend do go and have a look around.
The Karl Blossfeldt exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery was a must for me. His photographic plant portraits are a mix of both scientific observation and sculptural form. They display the tactile qualities, intricate form and mystifying details of flora and reminded me of my childhood observations of fern growing up in the Lake District.
Inspired in the mountains of rural Shikoku, Japan, I created a photoshoot on the whitewashed trees displaying the latest creations from Midas collection.
Visiting my cousins house in Shikoku, Japan was the highlight of my trip. A traditional house with contemporary interiors and features. A fantastic eclectic mix of new and old.
I visited the Isamu Noguchi Garden museum in the village of Mure on the Japanese island of Shikoku. It was was here that he carved the large granite and basalt sculptures that culminated his career. I visited his studio and house which were are a sanctuary for his superb sculptures, inredable forms of stone like I have never seen.
Tokyo - There are amazing interiors stores in Tokyo, H.P.Deco is one of my favourites with some very desirable old and new finds.
Tokyo
Visited some incredible shopping arcades in Tokyo yesterday. Some of my favourite shops were in the Shin-Marunouchi Building. A must stop for me was Arts&Science, an amazing fashion and lifestyle store.
Souzou: Outsider Art from Japan at the Wellcome Collection.
This is one of the most fascinating and moving exhibitions I have seen for a while. The untrained artists are residents and day attendees at social welfare institutions across Japan.
http://www.wellcomecollection.org/whats-on/exhibitions/souzou.aspx
Inhorgenta 2013 - Graduations in Idar-Oberstein - This college always creates the most fascinating graduate work. Each student seemed to find a very individual voice. Amazing work and so refreshing.
top - Tala Yuan, Edu Tarin, Tatjana Giorgadse, Magdalena Meng
Inhorgenta 2013 - Ludwig Menzel vessels were my favourite of the show, so full of character - also slightly sinister.
