idle hands
Idle Hands was a late-’90s thriller starring heartthrob
Devon Sawa as a chap with a possessed mitt, but it’s
also a creative workshop founded by Kieran Meegan
and Rickie-lee Robbie in Melbourne’s north-east.
Together, they make objects for your home that are
simple but useful, modern but retro-inspired. Take
their Platform collection, for instance: four handy
powder-coated stands of different sizes that can be
used to balance books, candles, picture frames or
plants. (Anything you fancy, really.) Want to see more?
Just stop by idlehands.designtwenty-seven names
New Zealand outfit twenty-seven names are at it again. DesignersRachel
Easting and Anjali Burnett have stitched up another top-notchcollectionjust
in time for spring, complete with sweet floral motifs and theirsignaturefloaty
layers. Sigh. How nice it would be to spend a day wrapped up inthem,milkshake
and a good book in hand. Skip over to twentysevennames.co.nztoseemore.
sugarhouse
ceramic co.
Natasha Lawyer knowswhat
a painter needs. A full-time
artist before she beganher
pottery brand Sugarhouse
Ceramic Co., her firstforayinto
clay involved buildingthings
that would make herand
husband Brett Bashaw’sstudio
life easier. First therewasa
watercolour pot withaspecial
nook for her paintbrushtorest;
then, this speckly, glazedpaint
palette. Should youfancyone
for your own arty setup,you
can find it for around$63at
sugarhouseceramicco.comlittlepisle
desis
Got a stain on your favourite
pants or jacket that just
won’t budge? Fret not,
frankie pal – just whack
one of these iron-on patches
from Little Paisley Designs
on top and you’re laughing.
(And your garment just got
approximately 32 per cent
cuter, as a bonus.) You’ll find
their full range of shapes
over at littlepaisleydesigns.
com – we’re rather partial
to the embroidered lemons
and bluebells, personally,
which will set you back
around $10 a pop.thepotteryparade
Sandra Apperloo has a wonderful
name, and she also makes
wonderful ceramic bits and bobs
under the moniker The Pottery
Parade. Her studio is based in
the Netherlands – Utrecht, to be
precise – and there she builds
pots, vases, mugs and little dishes
like these ones, before painting
them by hand. Pretty ace, huh?
instagram.com/thepotteryparadefrank bits