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31.1.11
Living
:
The Hunt
, Warwickshire, 2004.
Photographs by
Derek Hudson
.
30.1.11
Living
:
The British Homing World Show of
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
Living:
Woolly Mary Janes
.
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
Living
:
Ancient Industries UK
.
Master William poses with
kiddie hot bottie combo
£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,
at the
Imperial War Museum
.
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
Living
:
A Vida Portuguesa
.
A shop with a fondness for ancient
industries + traditional packaging.
Muito obrigada,
Rosa
!
20.1.11
Living
:
Mosaico hidrĂ¡ulico
, or
encaustic tile
industry.
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,
National Portrait Gallery
.
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
.
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