Reiko Kaneko
The British/Japanese designer, Reiko Kaneko, playfully and elegantly adds narrative and mischief to home products. Intent on provoking a smile, she adds a surreal touch to the familiar. For instance, charmed by curious British sayings such as Egg Soldiers, she created eggcups made entirely of model soldiers, poised to support the egg. Other products include surreal candlesticks made entirely of china appearing to drip wax and now available online at Roost Living
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Tina Tsang
Inspired by the obscure and uncanny in life Tina tries to breathe life into
everyday objects to create an unconscious dialog between the object and user.
The aim of her design is to enthral the user and give a sense of other worldliness
to everyday life. Tina Tsang is a graduate of Central Saint Martins college of art
in film and illustration which has also been a major influence in designing her products.
The Blaue Blume collection was first conceived by wanting to solidify the texture of lace onto ceramics to make ceramics have a softer, more textural feel.
The process has been experimented on for about a year before finally being put into produced. There is an unexpected result when casting lace since some cast well and others don't. Also we only cast rare one off pieces of vintage lace.
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Debbie Bryan
At an early age Debbie realised her passion for collecting textile treasures and nostalgic keepsakes of bygone eras.
Special favorites were delicately made hand knits and beautifully elaborate pieces of woven or printed fabric. These early collectables are added to regularly and have proved to be an endless source of inspiration.
Debbie specialises in creating design led craft based pieces making collections that are fresh, new and original. She is committed to a handmade ethos that ensures quality and unique character in each scarf, brooch and pair of cuff links.
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Nicola Hart
Nicola Hart started making jewellery out of shells collected on a cornwall beach; they were like little precious natural jewels and stringing them on silk thread left their authentic nature intact. Nicola applied that simplicity of presentation to semi and precious stones, stringing them without the distractions of silver or gold so they seemingly float against the skin.
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Anna Varendorff
Reworking elements of her urban surrounds into beautiful precious objects in silver, gold and stone, Australian jeweller Anna Varendorff plays irreverently with ideas of precious and non-precious. Architectural detailing, local plants and the ever-fun and collectable souvenir teaspoon are all raw ingredients for Anna's conceptual processes. Showing slight markings from the artist's hands, each piece remains unique. Contemporary, fresh design is core to Anna's practice, with a sculptural final outcome to her work.
Anna has recently exhibited at the V&A Museum as part of Collect .
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Sena Gu
Sena Gu completed her MA in Ceramics and Glass at the Royal College of Art in 2007. Previously she studied at Hong-Ik University, Korea where she completed her BA in 2004. She now lives and creates in London.
Where form meets function; Sena's lemon squeezer is a contemporary approach to this kitchen classic and the latest arrival in the Roost Living collection.
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Merryl Futerman
Merryl started creating feather hair pieces out of love for all things glamour.
She completed a course in Advanced Millinery Techniques in March 2004 and started a stall at Spitalfields Market, London selling her wonderful and unique creations.
Her work can be found in boutiques up and down the country but her speciality is bespoke pieces for individuals...
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Ruth Cross
The tradition of knitting is rekindled in a contemporary context with Ruth Cross' range of tea cosies, egg cosies and hot water bottle covers.
Inspired by organic forms, Ruth's work is simple in style with clean, beautiful lines and a hint of the traditional.
Ruth Cross' products are all British and the finest lambswool and cotton from Scotland and England are used.
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Camilla Meijer
Nature and Sweden are the inspiring forces behind Camilla Meijer's digitally printed fabric collection. Now based in London, Camilla launched her homeware range in 2006.
The designs tell her own story and are elegant in style with the utmost attention paid to detail and colour - an echo of past eras and Scandinavian design.
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