Gwyn Hanssen Pigott was a major figure in the field of international studio ceramics, whose work was characterised by its clarity and calm. From the mid-1980s she began to group apparently functional wares, in the form of bottles, beakers, cups and bowls, into sculptural still-life sequences of timeless purity, a move in the direction of fine art, seen at its most ambitious in her 55ft installation Caravan, shown at Tate St Ives in 2004.
Thursday 04 July 2013
Myles Mordaunt has become the latest Apprentice contestant to be shut down as his high-end homewares shop was put out of business by his rival's bargain fashion store.
Wednesday 03 July 2013
Shades of khaki and cream aren't just for wearing on safari, says Lee Holmes
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Friday 28 June 2013
This week’s New Designers exhibition offers visitors the chance to buy a future design classic. Trish Lorenz tracks down the names to watch
Friday 14 June 2013
Don’t tell granny but lace is for more than doilies and curtains. Try it on lamps, linens and even ceramics, says Trish Lorenz
Monday 10 June 2013
Art lovers on a budget will get the chance to buy an original work by Picasso for a few hundred pounds at an auction later this month.
Monday 20 May 2013
Ancient African coins lead experts to question who discovered islands
Friday 12 April 2013
The Royal College of Art is playing host to some of Britain’s finest pottery this weekend, but fragile design doesn’t have to break the bank. By Trish Lorenz
Saturday 03 November 2012
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Tuesday 09 October 2012
One of the UK's oldest industrial companies has warned its profits will be materially below hopes due to a slide in European steel production.
Saturday 06 October 2012
You may feel like you are window-shopping at Harrods or the Burlington Arcade when you step inside the slick new furniture gallery at London's Victoria & Albert Museum, which opens in December.
Monday 02 July 2012
Overlooking the Bussey Building, where Victorian industrialist George Bussey once made a killing by manufacturing everything from roller-skates to cricket bats, the upper levels of this disused Peckham car-park have been swept and filled with Art.
Sunday 25 March 2012
A leading ceramics hoard, destined for sale to fill a pensions gap, may be rescued
Friday 02 March 2012
Since her popular debut, Guppies for Tea, Swedish-born Marika Cobbold has established a reputation for astute and acerbic romances. Her previous novel, Aphrodite's Workshop for Reluctant Lovers, saw the goodness of love intervening in human affairs via the auspices of a relationship therapist. The heroine of her seventh novel, Eliza Cummings, could do with some one-to-one sessions herself.
Monday 20 February 2012
The potter Ray Finch was a man of dignity with strong values who shrank from self-promotion and publicity.
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