CREATE SouvenirsA CREATE commissionCREATE has commissioned designer and online retailer Thorsten van Elten to work with five designers: Barnaby Barford, Ed Carpenter, André Klauser, Dominic Wilcox an...
Im delighted to announce my solo show at Trico in Tokyo this June. Its rainy season in Japan, so weve called it Sheltering from the rain.The show will be a mixture of illustrations- some of...
Look what I stumbled upon this morning, on my way to the (Orla sample sale on Brick lane!)a beautiful hand made paper elephant !I learned from these nice people that it is Bangladeshi New Year today!...
Last Weekend I went to Scotland to visti my family, and visited the Portsoy Salmon Bothy where my sister works. I met a lovely lady called Edith who knitted Fishermens Guernseys (fi...
yesterday I went to Collect at the Saatchi Gallery, which is a show of contemporary crafted objects. Different Galleries from around the world take stands there to show the fantastic work they repres...
We managed to eat our way round Milan furniture fair! here are a few snaps for you..... This was at Eindhoven Design Academy show- the biggest sandwiches ever! A white crock with green peas...
Last month I managed to catch the David Hockney show at the Royal Academy. After queuing for an hour at 10.30 pm we were a bit exhausted... But as soon as we got in the colours and intensity of hues ...
I first met Elaine, when I was working on the beautiful Orkney Islands, for Scottish accessories company Tait and Style. Elaine was an out worker for Ingrid. When I set up my own company,...
And the winners are.... Sebastian Seymore Squirrel the third- Mama Sunshine... and Sydney Squirel -Paul.Please contact Siew@donnawilson.com with you address so we can send it to you.Congratulati...
Last year I did a blog post called Milan through textile eyes- so this is this years version, I saw a lot of design the last few days but Im always drawn to anything textural, especially products tha...
Another trend I saw was relaxation, growth, purity. I enjoyed Fay Toogoods installation where we all sat round in a circle and were given a white ball of clay, without words we were asked to make som...
This year in Milan furniture fair there was definitely a trend of exhibitors showing the process of how things are made, which I always find really interesting. instead of just sh...
Yes, its Milan Furniture Fair again, and this year I will be launching my new range of wooden furniture and knitted pouffes, rugs and throws with SCP at Most, an event organised by Tom Dixon in the c...
This June, I have been asked by Art Print Japan to produce some drawings which they will reproduce and sell as prints around Japan.Its a long time since I visited Japan - 2006 just after Id started t...
Im excited to show you my new range of furniture which will be launching at Milan Furniture Fair 2012.This is the Bertha Sideboard, its a petite piece and was inspired by a trip to Fog...
This weekend went to see Yayoi Kusama Show- which is on until the 5th of June 2012-www.tate.org.uk/modernI was such a big fan of her work while I was at Art School, she lives and breathes her art.I t...
This weekend I managed to see the illustration show at Somerset house. It finished on Sunday 1st April, but I understand it will be an annual show, so I really recommend you do and se...
Do any of you have pinterest? I started it a few weeks ago, and just in case you dont know what Im talking about, pinterest is an online pin board where you can share the things you have seen a...
As you know all our wooly products are made in the UK, but about 3 years ago we started selling ceramics- A couple of weeks ago we had a lovely visit to the factory in Stoke on Trent, England and too...
Recently we spotted these in a window, and as usual I fall in love with anything minature... but these are especially nice little room sets. Imagine these are actual size! Id love a kitche...
Hope you all had a lovely weekend? I had a nice day today, played with some old plates that I had- need to have a spring clean so I thought Id take some photos before finding them a new home.&nb...
Win this lovely tea towel..... and Use my tail to dry your dishes!would make a lovely mothers day gift too if your at a loss as to what to get her... http://www.donnawi lson.com/product.php...
WOW how creative you all are, thank you so so much for your wonderful poems, its been so nice reading them all. We have chosen the winner at random, so.... Mars and Kafin are the winners of a sky scr...
These were done some time ago, but I think I forgot to share them with you. I had a really nice day sitting drawing with inks. Would love to do a week of just drawing faces! Some of them ...
A few randoms here, dont even know where I took them all but hopefully they will inspire somebody.
Its about time we did another give away, I used to do them once a moth, what happened?!its still a little cold, cold enough to wear a nice scarf from time to time I think.So to win your very own sky ...
Here are some pics from the first Cinema knit-along with Craft Club, I really enjoyed it! And so did Ellen who picked up finger knitting so quickly and made a very long and neat scarf with her nimble...
There seems to be loads of great shows in London at the moment! I went to the David Shrigley show at the Hayward gallery. I laughed my way round it!Thered lots and lots of sculptural work that I hadn...
I stumbled across an exhibition at the weekend, which I found quite moving. A Chinese Artist called Song Dong has filled the Curve gallery in the Barbican with thousands of his ...
Get your family knitting with Craft Club at one of the exciting free events taking place in selected cinemas across the UK. In these fun, interactive sessions you will learn finger-knitting from a te...
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