Always drink tea from a teapot with a cosy
Soupa member, journalist Clare Kelly has launched a new blog focusing on her love of textiles.
With a banner designed by Ok-Jo, she’s only just launched and is already busy posting about a diverse range of products, illustration and news – all related to knitting and sewing.
One of her latest posts talks of an upcoming feature on knitting for film and TV and features quotes from Janie Bryant – costume designer for Mad Men.
Let her know if you’re up to anything that might fit the bill.
http://passthepattern.tumblr.com/
Follow Clare on Twitter @SoManyNicknames
Honk, honk, hooray!
Soupa met Honk at the All I Want For Xmas fair in December and they’ve been penpals ever since.
*Well, you know, not actual paper and ink.
So who are Honk and what do they do? This is what they had to say…
“We first met seven years ago on an art course in Canterbury. Here we discovered we shared the same two life long dreams, firstly to design, make and draw curious things for all of the human race to enjoy, and secondly to take the world by stormwith our super free-style Morris dancing routine. So we travelled to London to pursue our ambitions. We enrolled at the London College of Communication where we made ourselves a bit cleverer. Once we had graduated we were lost and jobless inthe big bad world with only our creativity and sewing skills to pull us through. After much idle chitchat and lots of cups of tea, we came up with the idea of Honksville “EUREKA!” The Morris dancing is something yet to be accomplished…
Honksville is a range of fun products that include dolls, badges, bags and cushions. These all revolve around an imaginary character based world where adults can let their inner child come out to play, and children… well they just stay as they are.”
And quite right too. Find out more about Honk’s lovely products at:
Just been to visit the exhibition If You Could : Collaborate at the A Foundation Gallery, Rochelle School in Shoreditch. What a refreshing experience, it was great to see some original work combining a array of various skill sets and collaborating to create some unique pieces. Amongst the collection the ones which caught my eye was the fun interactive piece about how we use our desk space by Julien Vallée & Nicolas Burrows and the film made by Michael Moloney & John Hooper which was truly beautiful.
Its only on until the 23rd January 2010 so get a shifty on down there and see for yourself! Or check out the website for more info and photos of the exhibition. www.ifyoucould.co.uk/collaborate
Julien Vallée & Nicolas Burrows
Michael Moloney & John Hooper
Carlos Garde-Martin’s – new business card illustration has found it’s way on to Creative Review’s website click here to have a looksy.
The original home of Soupa – www.Soupa.co.uk has now been updated to come in line with the up and coming shop featuring a design incorporating all of the designers.
We are now on Facebook – come and join us and keep up with any news about the forthcoming online shop (to be launched later in January) and any other news on collaboration and events!
Remember we are also on Twitter!
Check out the pictures from the Soupa Market - http://bit.ly/4wh06H
Looking for Christmas gifts in the supermarket can be dull. Looking for Christmas gifts in the SoupaMarket however, is anything but…
This one time only event will see members of Soupa sell their wares at the Old Truman Brewery’s ‘All I Want for Christmas’ fair on a collective SoupaStall. This lovely poster has been created by Soupa member Oscar de Castro to promote the event and details who will be providing the goodies!
Expect limited edition screenprints, T-shirts and cuddly critters – all unique and handmade by Santa’s Soupa little elves.
If you’d like to come along, then we’d love to see you. See the above poster for details – and be sure to tell your friends!
