Over the weekend Matt and I spent some time doing ‘life-admin’ including decluttering old files and filing away newer documents. All a bit dull, but, the reason I even mention it on here is that we came across newspaper clippings, photocopies and other miscellaneous items which we’d filed away for safe keeping some years ago and completely forgotten about. On two folded sheets of A4 we came across ‘Elbulli’s philosophy’ - 23 points identified and written down in 2005 by, I imagine, Ferran Adrià (and team). I’m guessing Elbulli needs little introduction, but if so, see here.

It was good on Thursday to have photographer, George Baggaley, visit the studio. George approached us a few months back to see if he could make a film to document our making process and since has visited a couple of times. It’s been great having him visit the studio and learn more about his work.

This week has been all about trying to keep things simple, both at home and in the studio. With just the two of us making everything, running the business, and doing all the things at home to keep our house running, the art of simplicity is key. And I do think it’s an art, particularly when you have young children.

I’ve set myself a bit of a challenge - to publish a post on our journal more often. Nothing fancy, just a whistle-stop tour of what we’ve been making, reading and thinking about each week. So here goes…

At the weekend we took a break from packing up the orders from our online shop and headed to The Hepworth, Wakefield, to take a look at the Magdalene Odundo exhibition, The Journey Of Things. 

In the Autumn of last year we received a small research grant from Making Ways, a new programme supported by Sheffield Culture Consortium through Arts Council England to showcase, celebrate and develop visual art (and craft) produced in the city.