Kaffe Fassett

Before I forget, I saw the Kaffe Fassett exhibition at the Fashion and Textile Museum. Lots and lots of bright colours, it was great to see the knitwear, embroideries and quilts designed and made by Fassett.

Marcel Dzama - Puppets, Pawns, and Prophets

Finally made it over to the Marcel Dzama 'Puppets, Pawns and Prophets' show at David Zwirner Gallery. Covering two floors, this satisfying exhibition shows Dzama's characters painted in watercolour, shaped into sculptures and brought to life on film. The Game of Chess features heavily, the contrasting sides pitted against each other. I think this easily the best exhibition I've seen this year.

Biba in Brighton

On at the Brighton Museum at the moment as well and their permanent collection (which includes the portrait and the ceramic below)

Grayson Perry at Victoria Miro

Grayson Perry's beautiful tapestries depicting the three British class systems and their presence in modern times is on at Victoria Miro. Managed to get over to it last week. Very inspiring.

Made in Clerkenwell - Craft Central Open Studios

A little late, but last month we went down to Craft Central Open Studios to see some lovely applied arts. We had a look at the studios of Jessica de Lotz and TurnbullGrey as well as these - From the top - Lok Ming Fung, Haidee Drew, Vic Lee, Helen Beard, The Big Forest and Ikuko Iwamoto.

Bologna

Inspired by the colours and shapes of our Bologna trip.

Royal Wedding/Beltane

Social history and tradition are key themes I investigate in my practice, so naturally this weekend was a good one for me. These photos are from my friend's street party and also from the May Day celebrations in both Deptford/Greenwich (Sunday) and Hastings (Monday).