{Around the World} - Our latest discovery...

These gorgeous images are from Pratos e Travessas - "food, photography and stories" by the multi-talented, Mónica Pinto. 

Based in Portugal, Mónica is the most recent addition to our 

~Around the World~ list, 

our ever-expanding collection of  amazingly creative people from all over the planet.  

"I work in a studio in my house.  An independent room facing the garden and a very personal world filled with props and all sorts of things that inspire me and that are important for the development of my work...

...Loose pieces that come together taking account of textures, colors and shapes, to create the perfect food photo.  A food photo that tells a story and evokes emotions in the beholder." —Mónica Pinto

Visit Mónica for more beautiful photography plus her 

fig jam recipe I can't wait to try.

all images (photography and styling) by Mónica Pinto, her blog:
Pratos e Travessas - Portugal

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"My first source of inspiration is the food I grew up with.  Real food, satisfying and comforting.  There are several roots that sustain my kitchen and the portuguese one is undoubtedly the strongest of all.  So strong that it made me venture to recreate a true monument of eggs and sugar, the Fidalgo.  After that comes everything else.  My husband and my boys, the country, inspiring books, beautiful magazines, my kitchen garden.  And mainly the urge to eat!"  

—Mónica Pinto, Pratos e Travessas - Portugal

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Noa = movement and light

Absolutely love these beautiful pieces

by Maria de Haan, Noa Ceramics.  

 ~Functional art at its best!

Noa

is a feminine Hebrew name, derived from a root that means “movement”.

Noa

is also Arabic, with the meaning of “light”.

Maria makes functional tableware with Eastern influences inspired from her travels abroad. Using antique Indian stamps to decorate her work and combining beautiful glazes with a special blend of textured clay, Maria’s work is both elegant and enticingly tactile.

She began potting in 2005, completed an apprenticeship at North Street potters in south London, then in 2006 she studied under Simon leach at his pottery in Spain. In both 2007 and 2008 Maria spent the winters working alongside Mike Goddard at Spring pottery in Bequia, The West Indies.

Since returning from the West Indies in 2008, Maria has established her own studio in West London from where she now works full time.    ~excerpt from the Noa Ceramics website. 

 

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Photographs: Maria de Haan

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Artisan Feature - Brocchi Workshop

Hand-hammered cache pots, (80 euro*)

Brocchi workshop, Siena



Laura and Alessandro Brocchi are the great grandchildren of coppersmith, Giuseppe Brocchi and hail from a long line of master forgers.  Though they continue to specialize in the tradition of copper-forging passed down through their family for the last 200 years, they now also work with all metals ranging from iron to silver to brass; making everything from cache pots to kitchen tools to lamps and including artistic, award-winning commissions for Il Palio.

The Brocchis' shop and workshop are a short walk from the main square in Siena, Piazza del Campo and located within the premises of San Martino, a church known from the 12th century, renovated and enlarged in the 16th century. 



San Martino

 How inspiring it must be to work in a space where

masters before you have been creating for generations...Can you just imagine?! 

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Find the Brocchis' bottega at 41/43, Via del Porrione, Siena, Italy. 

(*2009)

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Ceramic Artist: Marc Albert

Marc Albert Céramiques

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Design Daily - Chandelier by Deborah Thomas

 Deborah Thomas, A triangular chandelier, c 1983,

Frame is built up of glass segments arranged around
eight Halogen bulbs 137cm wide x 69cm high (54" wide x 27" high)

Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000

Deborah Thomas has designed for various theatre and dance companies including Hesitate and Demonstrate. She has exhibited widely including a commission for the V&A's 'The Cutting Edge' in 1997 and Christie's 'The Light' in 2000.   -excerpt from Bonhams' website:  Bonhams

See another creation by the artist: Deborah Thomas

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Design Daily - Debra Thomas chandelier

Beautifully designed room with interesting artifacts.  The showstopper:  a weird and wonderful chandelier by Debra Thomas composed of broken glass.

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La Dolce Vita, Living in Italy

by Catherine Fairweather

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Design Daily - Salvaged Wood Spiral Staircase (Part II)

I found another photo I had stashed away of the beautiful spiral staircase from yesterday's post and I decided it was definitely worthy of being featured for a second day. 

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(Artisan:  Timothy Johnson )

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Source Sharing - Michele De Lucchi Lighting

Acquatinta Suspension Light Clear - Michele De Lucchi

9.5"h, 8.75"dia

Acquamiki Suspension Light Silver - Michele De Lucchi

7"h, 4.3" dia

Acquatinta Suspension Light Silver - Michele De Lucchi

9.5"h, 8.75"dia

These shapely designs have a timeless appeal.  Simple, clean lines and materials...a refined take on industrial in hand-blown Murano glass.  I wonder if a cloche was his inspiration?

You can visit the designer's website to learn more about him and his company's current projects and exhibitions.  For fun, I've included his photo and self-portrait below along with one of his initial sketches of the Acquatinta.   

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Michele De Lucchi Website

You might also like:    "Orientale"

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