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.

Nud Textile Covered Electical Cable

Radiance has just got these lovely new textile cables in stock. This is just the same as ordinary two core electric cord but it is wrapped in lovely coloured textile so you can make a feature of it rather than trying to tuck it out of the way!


This has been quite widely available in Europe but is quite new to the UK I think so it's really exciting to have some!


We have it in lovely colours, red, pink, turquoise, black, green, black and white zig zags , grey and gold.




You get three metres in a pack and it comes simply packaged in a clear plastic tube. You could use it to give a new lease of life to an old lamp or replace your ceiling cable to make a colourful feature. If you do anything exciting with it let us know so we can share ideas on the blog! See it here on the website.

p.s. Remember to use a qualified electrician!