A daunting project for any upholsterer, but John (of Modern & Antique Furniture Upholstery) rose to the challenge of restoring a mass of chewed-over, shredded fibres back to a fantastic Featherston Dining Chair (the 1953 A310H, to be exact).
So architecture expeditions have led us around the suburbs lately, armed as we are with the catalogue of Raymond Jones’ built residences (read post about his recent exhibition here). We located 4 out of 4 in Dalkeith, Nedlands and City Beach. My favourite is the 1957 Kiernan House (top). It’s been (sympathetically) extended and its clean [...]
Well it may seem day-trips to the Hills are becoming habitual. Yesterday we joined the German Car Club for a cobweb-blowing exercise and the chance to revisit the pinnacle of architectural hero Iwan Iwanoff’s work – the Northam Public Library and Council buildings. The early-70s buildings remain largely intact, although a small side balcony had an [...]
UWA has recently celebrated the work of Raymond Jones. I managed to visit the exhibition at the Cullity Gallery and grab a copy of the fantastic catalogue last week. Mr Jones is one of my (new) heroes – a star of the modernist scene. He has designed a vast range of homes and public structures, [...]
The fab Picknick design (by Marianne Westman for Rorstrand in the late 50s) has been reissued for kitchenware items, available in Australia from Angelucci. I had this tray expedited prior to Christmas – great for transporting necessary refreshments from the kitchen to poolside! And my sister, so handy with the Singer, made this fantastic iPad [...]
It’s no news that Charles & Ray Eames were the most creative, prolific and inspiring design duo, ever! Their surname has even passed into cliché-ic use on eBay as a search term for all things mid-century. I’ve just watched their amazing short film Powers of Ten, which explores the scale of things from micro-organism to [...]
There were tales of last-minute spit and polish, a bomb-scare evacuation, and the artist even hanging his own paintings, but the opening of Outré Gallery Perth on Friday night went off with a Shebang! It’s a great thing to have Shag ~ aka Mr Josh Agle ~ in Perth again, and he was at his [...]
A new Dean Bowen painting for the collection: Bird with Stick Insects. He’s made friends with the nest of blue-toned mid-century ceramics.
The Art Gallery of WA has a special celebration of Barbie’s 50th birthday, with a selection of Neil Taylor’s vintage Barbie collection on display. I love the 59-66 couture era of Barbie’s wardrobe, and Neil has some pristine examples of original outfits, all with great accessories… and several Ken friends to choose from! But I [...]
What designer can resist a vintage, boomerang-shaped promo? For P&O cruises ‘boomerang’ excursions to England – I guess so-named as you would finally arrive in England to ghastly weather and boomerang straight back to Oz! In 4 spot colours, it’s an ingenious piece of advertising. Gorgeous type.
