News from Sarah Painter
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Friday Five: Etsy goodness, International Women’s Day and deep water
I was spoiled for choice for this edition of Friday Five but there are still only four things on the list… My internet has gone a bit wobbly and I want to press ‘publish’ before it dies completely. Enjoy! 1. This one comes courtesy of some book-research which got out…
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Craft: Screenprinted textiles by Solitaire
This is one of those times that unpromising phrases such as ‘fox bag’ and ‘snail cushion’ turn out to be rather lovely. Husband and wife team, Em and Matt Bruty, screenprint their illustrations onto cotton and linen to create home textiles inspired by the British countryside. I like their placemats,…
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Steinbeck on writing
Letters of Note (‘correspondence deserving of a wider audience’: great blog idea) has posted a letter Steinbeck wrote to his editor (and friend) on the occasion of his finishing East of Eden. Here’s an excerpt: A book is like a man—clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. For…