Our new edition of Staffordshire cats are at last complete and I am very excited to write this post about the final stages involved in the of making them. The cats cheeks, paws and tail were carefully painted by hand using water based on-glaze ceramic blue ink, and their eyes were painted green. They were […]
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‘Do you remember when we walked arm in arm around the narrow cobbled streets? The sun high and hot that summer afternoon? That day belonged to us and us alone. Do you remember the small shops we visited and the lunch we shared. That day will stay with me forever. ”I think we could be […]
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‘Scraped in the sand on a beach or scratched on a toilet wall, written on a postcard or felt-penned on a poster in a bus shelter in Birmingham and now living for just a few brief seconds on this single tear I tell you one more time that I Love You.’ This new edition of […]
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It seems these days that anything and everything is available just by typing a few words into the google search bar, but it’s not true. For years if I ever saw a book that had been illustrated by Edward Ardizzone I would buy it just to discover yet more of his beautiful pen and ink […]
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On a recent visit to Marlborough our friend Sasha Ward, the genius Glass window designer, was raving recently about a great exhibition she had seen of drawings/paintings of surgeons doing their work in operating theatres by the sculptor Barbara Hepworth at the Pallant House gallery, unfortunately the show had already finished ! Boo ! Looking […]
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Earlier this year the Victoria and Albert Museum invited Rob to create an exclusive piece for their shop. Rob worked closely with the V & A to create ‘You Are My Universe’, a limited edition lasercut, part of a collection of artworks designed to make the perfect wedding gift. The lasercut is a limited edition […]
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Rob was recently asked by Australian Vogue to illustrate six pages for their ‘Love’ issue. Six of this season’s must-have fashion accessories were chosen by Vogue Australia and Rob created a papercut piece for each of them, from a Burberry bag to a Dolce & Gabbana crown. The images above show the work in progress, […]
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