Maxine Sutton's lampshades at Radiance

I am so pleased to have Maxine Suttons new printed and embroidered lampshades at Radiance. They arrived this morning and it's the first time I've seem them in the flesh. They are better than I imagined.

I first met Maxine a few years ago at The Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair where I saw some lampshades that she had made. She couldn't wholesale them though at the time so I couldn't buy any for the shop :(

I did write about her in Illuminate though and found out all about her and her work and her lovely shop Blackbird in Margate.

But since then there have been developments and Maxine had developed a brand new range of shades. They are printed on hand woven organic cotton and printed with Soil Association approved inks and some of them have embroidered details too.  

 I'm very happy to have them at Radiance.

 Here is Maxines page on the website.

Panoramic Radiance

I am SO utterly excited by this! Joby Catto of Anti Limited did a panoramic photo shoot of Radiance this week. He has just sent me the results of his work and they are astounding! He specialises in panoramic photography, 3D visualisation, and design and is quite brilliant! There are loads of amazing panoramas of various buildings and landscapes on his blog. You must see!

You can scroll right around them 360 degrees, left, right, up and down. To have a play visit his blog. I'll have it up and running on my own website soon but I couldn't WAIT to show you!

New Finds...practical things!

Hello everyone. I have had a list of new things to find for Radiance in my mind for sometime and in the last few days I have found them all! It's good when that happens! Last week I have found some new simple chrome lamp bases, small and medium for table lamps and large for floor lamps. I often get asked for plain shades and I have found some coloured shades in various sizes. Another request has been for paper globes. There are some BIG white ones on the way-50 and 75cm in diameter. HUGE! Sometimes you just can't beat a simple paper globe.

Yesterday i visited the Interiors show in Birmingham. It's not really my kind of show. It's a little too commercial for me. I prefer the handmade and crafty shows but I did find some interesting bases (and I had a lovely weekend away with my friend!). I found some classic standard lamp bases in wood and some funky resin bases in lots of juicy colours. All on the way soon!

Amy Coopers Holey Planet Lamp

I took the first step towards building the new Radiance online shop today and had a little photoshoot of some small things. This is Amy Coopers 'holey planet' porcelain lamp. I love the way it projects the light onto the surrounding surfaces through its holes.

Ink & Spindle

I came across Ink & Spindle whilst doodling about on the internet recently. I LOVE their fabrics and they make lovely lamps with it too! It is run by three young women in Melbourne, Australia. They have a fascinating blog about their business start up and the renovation of their most enviable studio space!