thinking UP

This week in the studio (Umbrella Prints).

going grey

Ecru, hog's bristle, grand piano, kosciosko pebble, linseed, white pointer, half strength, double strength, limewash...freakin buff it! my walls are looking like a patchwork. Amazing how much a colour changes in different rooms; most greys are lilting purple or green in my house.  

Beautiful grey.....Carly and I use it a lot in the mixing of Umbrella Prints textile colours to soften a colour whilst somehow enlivening it.  I really love industrial scrappy greys and the colour of concrete when it looks almost velvety.  I love the mica sparkles in dark grey 50's pavements (don't see them around much anymore). 

Such a versatile and useful colour and a bit elusive like smoke.

My walls.

Beautiful grey dresses by Marc Jacobs Fall 2010 images via style 

My Mum's hat- I'm thinking I'll go get a custom paint colour based on this silk.

teeny house, magnolias and spray paint

Walking around Stepney in the sun.

today

True strength is delicate- Louise Nevelson

words

words that kill my creative mojo

shouldn't
budget
forecast
target market
invoice
on trend
deadline
tax year
can't
should
lifestyle
what is it?

Russian treasure

These photographs are as fresh as if they were taken this morning but they are Russia 1910. Photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) used a specialized camera with red, green and blue filters to recombine series of photographs into full colour. 
So vivid and gorgeous I get shivers; these and more come from the Library of Congress via boston.com

buttons

I just 'liked' myself (Umbrella Prints) on FaceBook
but why isnt there a 'loooove' button? ha ha