31.1.11



Living: The Hunt, Warwickshire, 2004.
Photographs by Derek Hudson.

30.1.11

the Year at The Winter Gardens, Blackpool.
Audio slideshow by Chris Thomond and Jim Powell.

29.1.11



Living: Montcler Gamme Bleu,
Fall 2011, by Thom Browne.
Poster by Ludwig Holwein, 1927.

28.1.11

Living: Owls greeting card, with envelope
and stickers, screen printed by John Dilnot,
another nice chap, who lives in Brighton.
£3

27.1.11

Knitted and felted by Folk in Rye.
£20

26.1.11

Living: The weather tea towel.
Move over, Keep Calm and Gill Sans,
come in, Weather and Perpetua.
£10

25.1.11

Living: The friendship bracelet,
with silver beads and silk made by
the nice chaps at Detail in London.
£30

24.1.11

Master William poses with
£22

23.1.11

Self Portrait

An Airman: Lieut RTC Hoidge MC

Extinct: Allied military sheepskin
and air force shearling.
Paintings by William Orpen, 1917,

22.1.11

Newborn Lamb

Fancy

Supper

Annie and Snowy

Living: Tula Fancies, by Mark Neville, 2008.
Photographed on the grounds of Bute Farms,
Mountstuart House, Isle of Bute, Scotland.

21.1.11



A shop with a fondness for ancient
industries + traditional packaging.
Muito obrigada, Rosa!

20.1.11




Once a huge trade, these cement floor tiles are made
by a man in a shed. Photographs by Rosa Pomar.

19.1.11

WWI boot from Portugal

Living: Botins, or short boots,
popular
utility
boots since
World War I.
Photographs by Rosa Pomar.

18.1.11

Living: Pastel de Nata, or custard tart.
A slice of heaven created by nuns in the 18th
century at a monastery just outside Lisbon.

17.1.11






Fading: The glazed tile industry of Portugal.
All photographs by Rosa Pomar.

This week Ancient Industries is on virtual holiday
visiting Rosa Pomar in the city of Lisboa, Portugal.
Here she has a haberdashery and teaches quilting,
knitting + crochet. The city and its once thriving
traditions have a large influence in her work.
Photograph and quilt by Rosa Pomar.

16.1.11



Living Extinct: Never Always.

14.1.11


The look

Accessories

Layering

Footwear

Living: George Mallory chic.
Buy the clothes, see the film.
Pastel by Simon Bussy, c. 1910,
Living: Breton Boy, 1911
by Henry Lamb.

12.1.11



Living: Beiroa, wool spun from the
Bordaleira Serra da Estrela sheep in Portugal.
The sheep make good cheese too.
Photographs by Rosa Pomar.

contributors

News from Nowhere and Reed Wilson