Category Archives: Collections

Travelling feet: street stalls in India

Posted on Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Here’s a collection of feet photos from when I was in India earlier this year travelling through Rajasthan with my sister. So much happens in India at street level – you can get your teeth pulled out, your shoes mended and … Continue reading →

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Collection: scissors

Posted on Wednesday, 22 August 2012

I love my little collection of traditional Chinese-style scissors. Each one tells it’s own story. The cane-handled pair belonged to a friend’s mother who died suddenly. The mother had been a hoarder her whole life and I helped my friend … Continue reading →

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On my desk

Posted on Thursday, 16 August 2012

The items on my desk seem to breed all by themselves. Or, in the case of pens, rulers or scissors, they just up sticks and wander off under their own steam. Do you have that problem too? Here are just … Continue reading →

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Collection: vintage plates

Posted on Friday, 15 June 2012

Some of my pretty vintage plates. Picked up in flea markets, op shops and the bargain bins of antique shops. I look for patterns that I fall in love with, rather than particular names or collectable sets. They come in … Continue reading →

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Colour palette: knitting and haberdashery

Posted on Friday, 8 June 2012

Some of my vintage haberdashery: kimono fabrics, buckles, buttons, and my hands knitting, combined into an unexpected colour palette. I like that if you cover up the colour palette with your hands so there are only three colours next to … Continue reading →

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Wall collections

Posted on Thursday, 24 May 2012

Here are a couple of little collections I have on my walls. The first is a pairing of a brass hamsa (Hand of Fatima) that I bought in Fes, Morocco, with an old postcard featuring a Japanese print of a … Continue reading →

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Collection: cloisonné and satsuma

Posted on Thursday, 10 May 2012

I don’t have things because they’re ‘collectable’ or valuable, only because I love them. Maybe they don’t even have much use except to delight me. Such is the case with this tiny little satsuma bowl that I picked up for … Continue reading →

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Colour palette: Red

Posted on Friday, 2 July 2010

Tomato, rose, cherry, fire engine, ruby, chilli pepper, blood, crimson, strawberry, coral, poppy, cardinal, brick, raspberry, flame, carmine, rust, scarlet, burgundy, vermillion, persimmon, maroon. The colour red can mean so many different things: stop, warning, courage, danger, love, lust, hot… Communism, Indian weddings … Continue reading →

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The joy of wood

Posted on Wednesday, 12 May 2010

Wooden games pieces of all shapes and sizes. Scrabble, Snakes and Ladders, Ludo and draughts. A dice rolled onto 5. A wooden kiss from a friend. And a tiny train pulling two carriages. Bamboo bangles, calligraphy brush and clothes pegs. … Continue reading →

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Coral, shell and bone

Posted on Friday, 30 April 2010

I’m drawn to coral like a treasure hunter. It makes me think of Tibetan necklaces and the ancient Silk Route and holidays on tropical beaches. Rough pieces washed up on a beach in Fiji; smooth beads bought from an Afghani … Continue reading →

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