Mid-week picks #2

A few things that caught my eye this week

Ellie Evans (remember?) pincushions from Selvedge-DryGoods

Smart customisable time zone clocks by the very talented Crispin Finn
Found via the DailySmudge


The Lion and the Ox and the Boar and the Bear by London-based artist/illustrator Nick Morley (aka Linocutboy)
Handprinted artist's book based on Aesop's Fables, featuring three stories and linocut illustrations which can be viewed in a number of different combinations. A limited edition of 500 produced in collaboration with Kaleideditions


BigBen cards by Cecily Vessey


Super-chic cushions from Mimimouse

Vintage Japanese Children's clothes from Fruits

Bingo Christmas card from Greer Chicago
found via Words & Eggs


Rag doll kit
Book bag and colouring book, both from Poppy

Funky bird brooch by Ode Marie

Ellie Evans

Ellie Evans makes beautiful hand-stitched badges, purses, bags and pin cushions, combining traditional hand-embroidery with modern, digital print. Her work explores heritage, family history and cultural identity, focusing particularly on the absence of her Polish and Dutch grandparents. I love the way Ellie incorporates vintage remnants, documents and photos into her art and marries traditional and contemporary techniques.
Her personal work centered on her feelings of loss for her grandparents led her to become more secretive in her artistic presentation and to investigate the "hanging pocket" as a vehicle to convey her ideas. Hanging pockets were worn by women in the eighteenth and nineteenth century, tied round their waist between their skirt and petticoat. They were both utilitarian and personal. "In the days when people often shared bedrooms and household furniture, a pocket was sometimes the only private, safe place for small personal possessions”. Ellie's hanging pockets adorned with indicators of her own identity and that of her grandparents provoke ideas of concealment and revealment. Lovely!

Ellie's work can be seen at the Shop Floor Project's contemporary folk ware exhibition until October 31st.

Found via All Things Original.