Gustavo Piqueira

Love these prints from Brazilian designer Gustavo Piqueira's new book. He uses early 20th century printers' 'clichés' to address stereotypical views of his country and its history. But I am less interested in the guff behind them...I just love the prints and the colours. 

Cayman Wedding

I keep forgetting to take pictures of the work I do before it disappears off to its new home on someone's wall. Back in April I attended Tory and Pete's wedding in the Cayman Islands and as a wedding present sewed them a pair of cayman parrots, here is a not so good shot of the unfinished piece.

Let's escape

My parents recently escaped to Iceland for a couple of days. I literally got an email from them the day before with a brief "we are off to Iceland tomorrow, so may be out of contact" (as you do!) Their last trip was to Costa Rica where much to my sisters and mine amusement they spent the time trekking through the jungle, hanging out with sloths and zip wiring. Several reasons why I need to become a travel writer. 

So every couple of months I dream of escaping. My whole live I have travelled around the world and find it hard to see myself settling in one place. So while funds are limited, I can but dream of the places I want to escape to......

Chile, Bora Bora, China, Svalbard, America.....Scotland.