Uneclipsed

ost of us see insects flitting around a light at night as a nuisance, others are struck by a flash of inspiration. Like Paspaley designer Catherine Büman who, late one evening on a design trip to a wild corner of the Kimberley, witnessed tiny, winged bugs drawn to her light. “Ideas were flowing, she wasn't ready to go to bed,” says creative director Christine Salter. “So these bugs just kept on coming and falling onto her page.” Phototactic, it is said they are drawn to light in a case of mistaken identity, thinking it is the moon by which they purportedly