{beautiful to me} Tom Dixon

The Bash Vessel – which featured on page 72 of  Issue 13 of Est – was how I came to find Tom Dixon. A British design and manufacturing company established in 2002 by founder Tom Dixon, the lighting, furniture and home-wares the company creates is now sold...

{beautiful to me} Tajika Copper Scissors

Everyone in our house knows that Mum’s scissors are sacred and they may not be touched without express permission from me… Scissors and shears created by Tajika Haruo Ironworks  – located in Ono City, northeast of Kobe –  are ‘a perfect...

My Muse is Back

My muse is back and I’m gonna be in trouble, Hey-la-day-la my muse is back! She made an appearance after our few days by the beach and I love having her back – bless her organic cotton socks! It was a phrase I read – and for the life of me I...

Diary of a Design – Tweaking the Juxtaposition Pendants

The Juxtaposition pendants were a lot of fun to make. The word had been hassling my brain for a while, and I was really pleased with how the finished forms had turned out. What I wasn’t pleased with were the ‘hitch knots’ that attached the pendant to the chains. I was...

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