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Here’s images from the current exhibition at manos, ceramics by Elisabeth Ottebring and the theme is compost. The earth under the glass is certainly from the compost. Lisa’s ceramics will be in the webshop on Monday. See the images bigger here.

Tonight is the private view at manos for an exhibition of ceramics by Elisabeth Ottebring. It will be a curious, fantasy evoking display with Lisas beautiful work. Most of the pieces will be in the webshop on Monday next week.

Lisa has taken her inspiration from the compost and here’s her thinking behind the objects:

“life exist within the contrasts. it is when the black highfired earthenware clay with it’s coarse texture are given curvaceous forms and is delicately coloured by hand. it is when a summer feast is held among insects and moths, where bisquits made of honey are served from the blackest of urns, it is when the princess is a valkyrie with armpits full of hair. inspired by vivaldi, mr burton and mr greenway, elisabeth ottebring creates extravagant and playfull ceramics, that holds the uncertainty of life, it’s decay and vainglory. the direct feeling of the black highfired earthenware is translated and processed by hand, screened with old photographies or adorned with drawings. the creations set up an inviting world of playware where we are lured in to telling or own story of light and darkness, a story not entirely unlike life itself. “

Private view Wednesday 21st October 5-7 pm.
The exhibition is open until November 22nd. Thursday-Sunday 11-3 pm.

Welcome!

Figs - I love the colour and shape and taste. In November the small bowls will be in manos, without the figs. See them bigger here and here.

Here’s a pocket size report of what Camilla and I did in London last week:
Sunday was sunny and lovely, we went to Columbia Flower market which is always jolly and then on to Brick Lane where we enjoyed the ambiance, the clothes in Junky Styling and the market in Truman Brewery. We stayed at the Boundary hotel in Shoreditch (we got such cheap plane tickets - or at least I did… so decided to splash out on the hotel), which was nice. I especially enjoyed taking baths as we don’t have a bath tub at home. We took a bus up to Archway, seeing quite a bit of north London in the process, to visit the Selvedge shop, but to be honest I wouldn’t recommend making the journey - you’re better off visiting their webshop! We walked in and out of the pretty shops on Upper Street in Angel, we walked Westbourne Grove in Notting Hill and found our way to the little back street where shop Hand used to be - sadly it wasn’t any more. We walked along the Thames from London Bridge to Tate modern and after our visit we walked back over the Millenium Bridge. On Tuesday we visited Origin and there were some lovely things there. We we popped into Habitat, Muji and Paperchase. Last but not least we found a nice pub in Soho.

Breakfast at Albion, coffee at Jones Dairy at Columbia Flower market, more coffee at Monmouth Coffee Co at Borough Market, lunch at Wagamama, afternoon tea at Lanesborough Hotel (and after that we were full).

I went to the recently opened coffee place in the corner of Kvarngatan and St Paulsgatan, lovely space and a good ambiance.

After that Eva had to show me her new pearlescent wall… It looks much more pearlescent in reality, but it’s still very nice I think.

For the following few days I’ll be sitting around in cafés in London with Camilla, can’t wait!