our new work at ingenious pursuits 29th & 30th april

come & join us this weekend where we'll be exhibiting brand new work at the exciting new show Ingenious Pursuits.
a gathering of local artists & makers based in and around Bude, North Cornwall, the event will take place at Norton Barton Artisan Food Village.
the 2 day event will showcase beautiful new work from 12 hand picked artists & makers from disciplines including furniture, sculpture, ceramics, photography, art, lighting, printmaking & macramé.

entry to the event is free, with donations welcome to 2 local environmental initiatives.
food will be available by caterers Beautiful & the Feast, bar by Norton Barton and coffee by local roasters Sabins Coffee.

for more details: ingenious pursuits facebook page here

on our pinterest

beautiful handmade objects from raw materials | from our pinterest boards 

details below & follow us here

1: stoneware | yoshimi futamura | puls ceramics {ceramics}

2: desk sculptures | kristina dam studio {objects}

3: carved wooden object | hiroto nakanishi {objects}

4: bronze u bench | christopher stuart {objects} 

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jono smart

one of our favourite potters, Jono Smart, opened his online summer shop yesterday and is already selling out fast, which doesn't surprise us at all as his work is stunning.

we worked with Jono last year, collaborating on a few different ideas for wooden plinths for his beautiful cups, sugar bowls, pourers and little vases - as you can see below, we used english oak for the dinner set of 6 cups and ash & burnt oak for the breakfast sets.

check out his online shop {here} - only open until 6th aug {so be quick!}
and his Instagram feed {here} is a must for beautiful images of his work, info & images of his making process & stunning photographs of Scotland where Jono is now based.

1. dinner set by Jono Smart | oak plinth by pachadesign
2. espresso sets in stone, grey & black by Jono Smart
3. breakfast set by Jono Smart | burnt oak plinth by pachadesign
4. cups & pourers by Jono Smart
5. breakfast set by Jono Smart | ash plinth by pachadesign
6. plates, bowls & cups by Jono Smart

jonosmart.co.uk
pachadesign.co.uk

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on our pinterest

a few recent favourites from our pinterest boards. 

details below & follow us here if you like.

1: vessel | akiyama yo {ceramics}

2: villa E | studio ko {spaces: sit}

3: vases | romy northover  {ceramics}

4: mies van der rohe pavilion | barcelona {spaces: outside}

5: ceramic | joan serra {objects}

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beautiful objects

a selection of some beautiful recent finds from our pinterest boards: 

accessories {here}, objects {here} & ceramics {here}

details below.

1: necklace | eva eisler {here}

2: mountain bolt vase | romy northover {here}

3: felted cubic pyrite | art&article  {here}

4: poised table | paul cocksedge {here}

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MadeLondon 2013

thanks to everyone that came to see us at MadeLondon last weekend.
there was a great selection of makers at the show again this year & we met some really lovely people.

if you bought work from us at the show, thank you!  by the saturday we had completely sold out of our slate sushi serving plates so will be making more over the next week or two - we'll let you know when they are ready.

there was lots of lovely work at the show but one of our favourites was Kaori Tatebayashi's ceramics - beautiful organic shapes in simple earthy colours {black, white & sand}.  we treated ourselves to another piece of her lovely work.

kaori tatebayashi {website}

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The Contemporary Craft Festival

a little selection of work that we liked at The Contemporary Craft Festival in June.
details & links below.

1 left: captured gold bangle | adele brereton {here}
1 right: ceramics | naomi robinson {here}
2 left: concrete & metal vessel | drew markou {here}
2 right: hand built porcelain | justine allison  {here}
3 left: stoneware | studio sian patterson {here}
3 right: bella ring {multiple} | sarah straussberg {here}

teapot & mug cup by takashi endo

we like these.

teapot & mug cup by takashi endo at analogue life.
see more here.

thanks for coming to the show

thanks to everyone that came to see us last weekend at the contemporary craft festival. despite a bit of a muddy start, it was a good show as usual.
hope you had a good day if you came to visit.

as well as the makers we featured in the last post, here is a little selection of stuff that caught our eye.

top left:ceramic wall panels by clare crouchman {website}
top right: silver objects & jewellery by maya selway {website}
bottom left: silver jewellery & silverware by rauni higson {website}
bottom right: conception narrative jewellery & objects by katherine richmond {website}

julian stair

beautiful bowls & teapots by potter julian stair.

matt blacks & greys, earthy natural browns, subtle whites, chalky tones.

perfectly displayed on tailor-made ceramic plinths.

more {here} 

julian stair {website}

contemporary craft fair update

thankyou to everyone that visited us at this years Contemporary Craft Fair at Bovey Tracey. despite the awful weather on the sunday, we still had a good show and it was nice to catch up with you all.
no pictures of our stand this year unfortunately ..... we left it until last thing on sunday to take some photographs and realised we'd left the battery for our camera at home.

so we thought we'd share a photograph we took of this lovely little pot that we bought at the show by maker Lucianna Gallucci. Lucianna's work and her stand at the show looked beautiful - her website will be online soon.
as always, there was lots of beautiful work at the show - we'll do a little collection of our favourites next week.

© pachadesign

pot by Lucianna Gallucci {website}

ramp

our friends Roop & Alice (ramp) make the most beautiful pots. those of you who used to read our old blog will remember us featuring their work before, but we wanted to let you know that their new website is now online. we have a few pieces of their work but everytime we see them at a show we always fall in love with something new. Their newest work is a collection of porcelain pieces which includes mugs, small bowls, little jugs and boxes with little oak lids.
we saw Roop & Al the other weekend at The Contemporary Craft Fair and their stand looked beautiful as always - we love the large bowls and platters they make, beautiful elegant shapes with deep blues and delicate markings inspired by nature.

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ramp {website}

all images are copyright © RAMP