Spotted and admired via This is Paper, these hand made, mouth blown glass and wood vases by Hamburg-based Alexa Lixfield. The collection was inspired by the relationship that is formed between oak moulds and the hot glass during the production process, with each leaving its mark on the other.
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Billy Lloyd is a young British ceramicist with a growing reputation. I admire his work a lot and featured his porcelain pitcher and bowl for The New Craftsmen on Design Hunter back in February. I also follow him with interest on Twitter, where he regularly shares sketches, work in progress shots and images from his studio, offering a unique insight into his working process. This month he unveils new work in an exhibition called Abundance at North House Gallery in Manningtree, which also includes still lifes by Susan Brinkhurst and a bold series of painted constructions and pastel works on paper by John Christie.
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We recently revisited the David Mellor Visitor Centre and Cutlery Factory at Hathersage, a fantastic place on the edge of the Peak District, 15 miles west of Sheffied.
I say revisit, well it was for me anyway, as I cycled there in the early 1990s to check out David Mellor’s iconic factory – the then newly finished Round Building designed by Michael Hopkins. Built on an old gasometer base using local gritstone, the fabulous roof and central lantern is constructed like a trussed ‘spoked wheel’
