There’s been an explosion of wild flowers in fields and hedgerows around our design studio in Falmouth. Read the rest of this entry »
The Seasalt windows underwent a magical woodland transformation this month, inspired by all the beautiful ditsy flower prints in the collection.
Two of our garment designers headed down to Newlyn School of Art last week to take part on a printing course.
Located just a stones throw from where the Forbes School of Painting was run by Stanhope Forbes, the ‘father’ of the Newlyn School of Painters, the school offers a wide range of courses ranging from printing to drawing and pottery. And as we’re only just up the road and have rather a penchant for a good print, Zephyrine and Sara thought they’d go and investigate.
Here Zephyrine tells us all about it and shares some piccies taken on the day…
As part of our count down to Christmas we’ve decided to give the festivities a Cornish spin, with a few little tips, some tall stories and a dash of local legend to warm you up for the big day… This is Day 9…
A little while ago we showed you the amazing beach drawings of endangered whales and it appears the artist has been very busy over the last few weeks. Sonia the creator of those life size drawings has recently been exhibited in London with the Royal Society of Marine Artists in their annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries. A few weeks back she was awarded with the Young Marine Artist Award, presented to her by the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights. We are all very proud of Sonia’s amazing achievements and are watching her other occupation – that of artist and conservationist, with great interest. If you missed our first blog about Sonia you can read it here.
If you’re a lover of all things kitsch, pop on down to St Mawgan Village Hall this Saturday 1st December. There will be plenty of handmade gifts and Christmas treats to fill your stockings, as well as a vintage tea room with all your favourite cakes to raise money for Little Harbour Kids Hospice. Most of the Padstow Seasalt team will also be dropping in to get their vintage fix!
For more information see the Duchy Vintage Party website.
If you didn’t see our lovely Nautical Stitch windows this past month, here are the beautiful tapestries that were handmade by our Window Dressers.
Over in our Guernsey shop, we’ve started stocking locally made pannier a cou, or Guernsey fishing baskets to you and me. The craft involved in making them charts a long held island tradition and we caught up with Claire, the artisan behind the finished product, who told us a little more about where they originate from and how she learnt the skill.
