Category Archives: Travel

Colour palette: the women of Chefchaouen

Posted on Wednesday, 9 May 2012

Here are some more photos from my visit to the northern Moroccan ‘blue town’ of Chefchaouen. The local Rifian women wore stripy cloth wraps in a beautiful colour palette: cherry red, mint, cream, salmon, sea green with burnt orange…all set … Continue reading →

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Chefchaouen blue doors PART TWO

Posted on Tuesday, 24 April 2012

Part Two in my series of blue doors from the Moroccan town of Chefchaouen (here’s Part One). This post’s all about the little close-up details: handles, locks, carvings, rivets, textures…and all those different shades of blue. You can see more … Continue reading →

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Chefchaouen blue doors PART ONE

Posted on Sunday, 15 April 2012

When I was last in Morocco we visited the ‘blue town’ of Chefchaouen (pronounced shef-shao-wen) in the mountainous northern Rif region. The whole of the old town is painted in shades of blue. I got obsessed with photographing doors and doorways! Each one seemed to have … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong polaroids

Posted on Wednesday, 4 April 2012

I took these photos in Hong Kong a few years ago. I came across them by accident today when I was looking for something else on my computer, and thought it would be fun to turn some of them into polaroids. … Continue reading →

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Hill Tribe pouffes

Posted on Tuesday, 3 April 2012

I made four pouffes this week using fabrics that I brought back from my recent trip to Vietnam. Step One in the project was choosing which fabrics and embroideries to use. I just adore the neon, vintage Hmong embroideries from … Continue reading →

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Moroccan donkeys, mules and horses

Posted on Wednesday, 19 January 2011

Morocco is a land of donkeys, mules and horses. I fell in love with donkeys the first time I visited Morocco and I’m still trying to persuade my fellow householders that we need one… In the old part of the … Continue reading →

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Zelij: The art of Moroccan tiles

Posted on Tuesday, 18 January 2011

In the old, walled Moroccan city of Fes, you never have to look far to find examples of the traditional tile art of zelij. Gateways, mosques, courtyards in private homes, public fountains and the walls of Islamic schools are all … Continue reading →

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Sharing Morocco with you

Posted on Tuesday, 18 January 2011

I’ve been promising posts about my recent trip to Morocco for weeks now! The problem is that I have so much I want to share with you about my trip, I’ve not known where to start. Overlooking Fes Medina, from … Continue reading →

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2010: My year in blogging

Posted on Thursday, 13 January 2011

I started this blog back in April. Over the past months there have been many times when I haven’t managed to blog as often as I wanted (or, let’s face it, at all!), but looking back over all the posts … Continue reading →

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Columbia Road

Posted on Thursday, 23 December 2010

One of my absolute most favourite things to do in London is go to the Sunday morning flower market on Columbia Road in the heart of the East End. I usually walk from Bethnal Green Tube station, and know I’m … Continue reading →

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