Sarah Lock Lighting

I've been excited to share these beautiful wood turned lamp bases with you for ages but have been waiting until the launch of the new site. I went down to Brighton to interview Sarah Lock for the book a few months ago and totally fell for her work.

This is Sarah in her workshop with one of her lamp bases on the lathe. She taught herself to turn after wanting to make use of great chunks of timber left over in her partners carpentry business. She discovered how much she liked it and over time found that she was quite good at it!

When she has her finished shape she had paints each one. She creates the tiny stripes by leaving them spinning on the lathe and painting them while they spin.

They are all topped of with a linen shade (also made by Sarah) and a twisted gold cord.

They are sooo lovely. You can see them on the website here.

Don't they make a lovely pair!

I commissioned Joanna Coupland to make a pair of wedding birdies for a friends wedding present. Aren't they just the sweetest things! If you fancy a set let me know and we can get some made for you too.

New Helen Mussewhite work

Today has been a great day for exciting packages arriving. Eight new pieces from Helen Musselwhite are now adorning the shelves...well actually seven now beacuse the one with the little cottage sold moments after getting it out of the box!

Remember I told you about The Secret Arcade? Well Helen has is in the Arcade too and after being spotted there has recently been asked to illustrate a childrens book and to design a window display for a prestigious London Stationers. Exciting stuff!