a sort of day off

we had a really nice day on thursday.
we had to deliver some work to a gallery in St.Ives, so decided
to spend the day in that part of Cornwall.

We were really lucky to catch the end of some open studios
going on in St.Ives, in a building that we have yearned to
look inside for the longest time - more about that in the next post.
And we stopped in at one of our favourite galleries, a little further on
down the coast, to see their latest exhibition
(more about that soon too).




the rest of our day was spent on one of our
favourite beaches - relaxing, reading, surfing - and it felt
like summer (not the rainy kind).

and we saw a beautiful sunset on the beach near St.Michael's Mount
and the twinkling lights of Penzance.

not bad for a sort of day off.

new mydeco offer

there is another great money off voucher in the design boutique
section of mydeco at the moment - £20 off every order over £40.

for those of you who haven't heard about mydeco & the design
boutique, see our previous post here

there are some really beautiful products, from a hand-picked
selection of designer makers - including us (pachadesign).


we have 9 of our products in the design boutique - so if you
are quick you can get £20 off - click here to go to our products.

www.mydeco.com

william peers - 100 days: sketches in marble

the other exhibition that we went to see at the weekend was
the preview of William Peer's first 30 sculptures from his
new work 100 days: sketches in marble

we have known Wim & Sophie for a while now and have made a
couple of pieces of furniture for them in the past.
they live not far from us in a beautiful old house and the sculptures
looked perfect exhibited there.
it was a lovely informal preview, with tea & cakes & autumn sunshine.

Wim's idea for the series is to make a sculpture every day for 100 days.
read more about it and see more of his work here.
The final collection can be seen at Art London 8th - 12th October 09.

Wim's website: www.williampeers.com
Art London: www.artlondon.net

Zoe Hyde & Dawn Dupree at the Thelma Hulbert Gallery

Zoe and Dawn are exhibiting together for the first time
at the Thelma Hulbert Gallery in Honiton.
Zoe produces beautiful contemporary paintings and
Dawn is a textile artist producing canvases as well as a
domestic range including beautiful cushions.

We managed to see the exhibition just before the gallery closed
for the day on Saturday - well, actually, it had just gone 4pm when we
arrived but they so kindly opened up again for us so we
could have a quick look.


Zoe is based in Cornwall and Dawn is in London so both are influenced
by very different surroundings, yet their work has similarities in
terms of their subject matter, the way they work and their use of colour.

The exhibition runs until 24th October 09.

Thelma Hulbert Gallery: www.thelmahulbert.com
Zoe Hyde: www.zoehyde.co.uk
Dawn Dupree: www.dawndupree.com

weekend

the last few days have been pretty busy for us
(hence the lack of posts)
we did a few gallery deliveries to Budleigh Salterton,
Lyme Regis and Dartmoor -
it was one of those lovely autumn days
so the Moor looked all misty and mysterious.

then a few celebrations with Glenn's family on Saturday
so we had lunch on the Moor & dinner in Topsham

and we stopped off at a couple of exhibitions
on the way home - details in the next posts.

j.morgan puett - part two: clothing & stores

from 1984 to circa 2001
J.Morgan Puett designed seasonal clothing collections
based on early American textiles
and contemporary styling.


her retail spaces in Manhatten were like art installations,
with industrial props, old rocking chairs,
curtains dipped in beeswax - an exploration of rural
and artisanal references present
in her clothing.

we'd like to have seen them.

www.jmorganpuett.com


incase you missed part one .... mildred's lane click here