Lovingly hand-drawn by Seb Lester at Pick Me Up on Monday. Love it.
Archive for the ‘I like’ Category
Seb Lester
April 24, 2013Columbia Road Christmas Wednesdays 2012
November 7, 2012
Only three weeks to go until the first, of four Christmas Wednesdays on Columbia Road.
Discovering work by Jon Klassen
November 5, 2012
<p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/8812764″>Black Lake</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/davidoreilly”>David OReilly</a> on <a href=”http://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p>
Bird Cat
October 4, 2012
Say what you see! I have no idea what this piece is called but I was delighted when I discovered this magazine at Spitalfields Antique Market today. After a little research on the internet, I found out that the illustration was by Günther Stiller. Love it.
Michael Kirkham
May 16, 2012Percy Kelly
February 25, 2012
Percy Kelly ‘Teazle and Poppy Heads’
Whilst trawling through the Guardian website I discovered the work of Percy Kelly (1918 -1993). So excited by the discovery that I thought I’d share. You can read more about him and his work here.
Lucian Freud
February 25, 2012
Man with a Feather (self portrait) 1943.
Girl with a Kitten (portrait of his first wife Kitty) 1947.
I’ve never been a fan of Lucian Freud’s work, but James Brown (artist at Elphick’s) suggested I watch a recent documentary ‘Painted Life’, aired on the BBC last weekend. I found the programme fascinating and enjoyed learning more about his life and work. I’m not sure I warmed to him as a person, or liked his work any more but my curiosity prompted me to visit the National Portrait to see Lucian Freud Portraits. I’m still not a fan, although I do really love his early work which he produced in his early 20′s, above are two of my favourites from the show.
Happy Valentine’s
February 14, 2012
Robert Indiana
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Unplanned Magic
February 8, 2012
Gardners
February 7, 2012
I have been buying bags from Paul at Gardners since I opened the shop five years ago. There are plenty of places where I could shop for my sundries but not one of them would be able to provide the service I get from Paul.
When I first started buying from him my orders were small and I would visit his premises on Commercial Street. Being a bit of a neat freak I was always suprised that he knew where anything was in what seemed like chaos to me. Piles upon piles of bags leaving very limited space to stand.
As my business grew so did my need for bags and Paul very kindly offered to deliver at no extra cost. He now regularly delivers on a Friday, having only received a phone call a couple of hours previously.
I have come to enjoy our Friday chats about his boys, their love of stock car racing, music and karate amongst other things.
Paul is one of the nicest chaps you could wish to meet, he never seems hassled, always has a smile and is happy to help. That’s why I would never consider buying sundries anywhere else.
James Brown has designed Paul a flyer to help promote his business and a limited edition print (featured above) which is available here.
There is a fantastic article written about the history of Gardners on the blog Spitalfields Life. For further reading click here.
