SPOTLIGHT ON…
Painterly Charm
When Hector Coombs of Shame Studios saw interior designer Cindy Leveson’s room portraits, he proposed collaborating on rugs based on her art. Watercolours is the resulting new collection of 18 painterly handwoven rugs and runners inspired by the formal structure of traditional carpets and the freedom and expressiveness of water and pigment. Patterns and colours range from deep reds and warm corals to Delft blues and ochres. Hand-knotted in India using yarns dyed and spun by hand, the materials and technique lend the weave its subtle variations in tone and colour, giving each rug “the soul of an antique,” says Hector. shamestudios.com; levesondesign.com
Fired Imagination
New work by celebrated ceramicist Florian Gadsby
Hypnotic videos of Florian Gadsby crafting quietly elegant clay wonders at his potter’s wheel have gained him a global profile.
Yorkshire Sculpture Park is hosting Florian’s first solo exhibition in Britain,, showing a new collection of his work until 25 February, with everything available to buy. The show shares the title of his recently published first book, which he calls “an introspective tale of a teenager finding a calling in clay”.
