Hole & Corner Magazine

10/05/2022

Today marks the start of London Craft Week, and the countdown is on to our event this Thursday 12th May with Objet d'Emotion

Book your place here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hole-corner-craft-week-event-objet-demotion-touch-me-workshop

(Tickets for the event are free for Hole & Corner Members)

The two-hour TOUCH ME workshop is an immersive sensual experience, focused on the craft and craftsmanship of jewellery and objects. It aims to fulfil our desires to touch and be touched by jewellery again; reflecting on the emotions evoked by physical contact with the alluring texture, volume and soul of beautifully crafted objects.

Objet d’Emotion
53 Blandford Street
Marylebone
W1U 7HL

12 May 4pm - 6pm

Refreshments will be served

We hope to see you there!

29/03/2022

N THE STUDIO WITH… Noe Kuremoto ()


Kuremoto is known for her playful sculptural work that takes the form of functional wares. Her collection of ceramic Dogu Ladies is a salute to working mothers and mix child-like simplicity with contemporary sophistication.

We caught up with Kuremoto to discuss how she juggles working in both her London and Lithuanian studio while raising a young family…

Can you tell us a little bit about your studio (where is it located, how long have you been there etc)?

I am originally from Japan and I came to study Fine Art at Central Saint Martins College in 90’s. I have lived in London for over 25 years. I currently run 2 studios. My London studio is in Hackney. I think it used to be a cotton thread factory and now converted into artists’ studios. When I moved to Hackney 20 years ago, this was completely different place! It was really rough but buzzing with artists’ community. (There was no fancy Vegan food market, restaurants nor bars back then! Full of graffiti, no East London line so it changed heaps.) Plus it was very cheap to find a large warehouse studio so I was sold! My other studio is in the deep forest of Lithuania. Totally different from my urban London studio. In this studio I can fire my large scale sculptures, and no urban distraction. My children are freely running around in the forest with animals while I work. It’s breathtakingly beautiful. We have a lake view from my studio and my sculptures are everywhere in our forest garden...

Read the full story here: holeandcorner.com/in-the-studio-with/in-the-studio-with-noe-kuremoto

Words Noe Kuremoto

Photographs Kestutis Zilionis ()

22/03/2022

Hole & Corner Event | ChristopherLe Brun x Ishkar Q&A plus Artist’s Studio Tour

Free to Hole & Corner members (Tickets £7 to non-members)

Book your place here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hole-corner-event-christopher-le-brun-x-ishkar-qa-and-studio-tour-tickets-294738981227

On Saturday 26 March, Hole & Corner and ISHKAR invite you to the studio of Sir Christopher Le Brun, for a talk about Court and Fields, a limited-edition collection of carpets designed by the artist in collaboration with ISHKAR and handwoven in Afghanistan.

The talk will share the extraordinary story behind the carpets’ journey from Afghanistan in the wake of the country falling to the Taliban, and reflect on the influences behind Le Brun’s work. The carpets will be exhibited alongside the original prints that inspired them.

Le Brun Studio
108c Warner Road
London, SE5 9HQ
26 March 10.30am - 12pm

Refreshments will be served. We look forward to seeing you there!

18/03/2022

THE HOLE & CORNER SHOP - Introducing Emsie Sharp ()

We are delighted to introduce Dorset-based glassblower Emsie Sharp, whose hand-blown vessels are now available at the Hole & Corner Shop.

Following a stint working in Italy's Island of Murano, which is famous for its glass furnaces, Sharp set up her studio, The Cowshed, where she has developed her own unique style.

Shop the collection here:
shop.holeandcorner.com/search?type=product&q=emsie

16/03/2022

Thank you Rue Pigalle - a pleasure having you involved! 🙌

It’s always a good feeling when you get a kind press write up, and even more so when it’s by someone you respect and admire. Thank you Hole & Corner for this wonderful article about Rue Pigalle, my passion for crafts, the makers and travel.

16/03/2022

H&C MAGAZINE - Eleanor Lakelin () enjoying our latest Issue 22, Family during the private tour of the JB Blunk House (). Thank you for sharing Eleanor.

Posted • Thank you San Francisco - a wonderful week absorbed in sunshine, sculpture, exploration and good company. An absolute highlight for me was a private tour of the JB Blunk House - so imagine my delight in finding this feature on the workbench on my return. A highly recommended read.’

Photograph of magazine spread - Heart & Home with Sculptor JB Blunk, Words Tamsin Blanchard () and Photographs Christopher Sturman ()

Tag us in your pictures and use the hashtag to be featured on our page. We look forward to sharing them!

Purchase your copy of Issue 22: Family here:
https://shop.holeandcorner.com/products/pre-order-issue-22-family

08/03/2022

Happy International Women’s Day!

At Hole & Corner we are celebrating all the female makers, thinkers and doers that continue to inspire us with their work. From chefs and farmers to repairers and designers, here are some of the incredible women that featured in Hole & Corner Issue 22: Family.

Purchase your copy of Issue 22: Family here: https://shop.holeandcorner.com/products/pre-order-issue-22-family?_pos=1&_sid=73aedf897&_ss=r

01/03/2022

HOLE & CORNER MAGAZINE - A quest for natural pigments | Issue 21: Restless, Notes & Ideas

Scottish-born artist Cavan Jayne McPherson () graduated with a master’s degree in womenswear knit from the Royal College of Art () in 2018. Here, she explored the agriculture and innovation in natural fibre and dye. With a large archive of colour recipes and application methods, her ongoing projects include a focus on marine pigment, local dye plant agriculture and reworking/overdye collaborations with designers and artists.

McPherson’s pursuit of natural colour pigment practices has taken her on many adventures, from her birthplace on the Scottish west coast to the volcanic mud of St Lucia. Highlighting the origins of colour and fibre are central to her work. Here, shows us some pages from her travel journals…

‘When travelling, colour has always spoken to me in an incredibly multi-sensory way. I see this when, for example, the nuances in the sunrise or sunset are illuminated by a nearby texture or scent, or bodies of water reflect the vastness of the sky as wind moves with and through the waves and clouds. Growing up on the Scottish West coast, dusk was a time to down tools and appreciate the non-material forces around you: linear colours develop from the shoreline upwards to remind you that you can never recreate the infinite beauty carved by nature as the elements collide. When I travel, I am treated to a daily connection with the seascape. This is a natural feature where I find an abundance of creative inspiration.

Read the full story here: https://www.holeandcorner.com/notes/a-quest-for-natural-pigments

Words Cavan Jayne McPherson

Photographs Jasper Van Den Bosch ()

22/02/2022

HOLE & CORNER RECOMMENDS - A Group Exhibition | The Peanut Vendor (.peanut.vendor) | until February 24

Just two more days to visit the group exhibition at The Peanut Vendor featuring four emerging contemporary female artists in a new temporary gallery space in East London.

Curated by Roxy Walton, (.walton) painters Ilona Russell () and Nadia Tuercke’s (.tuercke) work will be shown alongside Poppy Bartlett and Becky Nolan’s ( ) ceramics.

Photographs courtesy of Roxy Walton

21/02/2022

THE HOLE & CORNER SHOP IS NOW OPEN - 8 Patwell Street, Bruton 🎉

Now located at 8 Patwell Street, the space is a platform for handmade products and furniture made by skilled craftspeople from across the UK.

We sell work by a wide spectrum of UK-based makers who encapsulate the Hole & Corner ethos; celebrating creativity, craftsmanship and heritage. Furniture, ceramics, woodwork, textiles, leatherwares, metalwork and basketry are accompanied by a range of smaller gifts and accessories, as well as a selection of books and all past and current editions of Hole & Corner magazine.

The Hole & Corner Shop
The Wisp
8 Patwell Street
Bruton BA10 0EQ

Monday – Saturday 10am-5pm | Sunday 11am-4pm

Photographs Megan Gallacher ()

19/02/2022

19/02/2022

18/02/2022

WE'RE HIRING | Sales and E-commerce Assistant

We are looking for a passionate and experienced Sales and E-commerce Assistant to join our team in Bruton, Somerset.

The role is 2 days a week working from the Hole & Corner shop in Bruton, Somerset. This is a versatile role, and the ideal candidate will be good at multi-tasking and have great communication skills. They will have experience working in retail and will ideally have experience using an e-commerce platform. Knowledge of the craft and design community would be a benefit for role.

Working within a small and passionate creative studio, the candidate will be working under the retail and marketing manager, front of house in the Hole & Corner Shop, assisting customers and helping with order queries as well as fulfilling online orders and uploading new products to the website.

Find out more about applying here...
https://www.holeandcorner.com/news/we-are-hiring-2

17/02/2022

THE HOLE & CORNER SHOP RE-OPENS - 8 Patwell Street, Bruton 🎉

The Hole & Corner Shop is set to reopen in our new premises at the other end of Bruton High Street this Saturday, February 19. Now located at 8 Patwell Street, the space is a platform for handmade products and furniture made by skilled craftspeople from across the UK.

We sell work by a wide spectrum of UK-based makers who encapsulate the Hole & Corner ethos; celebrating creativity, craftsmanship and heritage. Furniture, ceramics, woodwork, textiles, leatherwares, metalwork and basketry are accompanied by a range of smaller gifts and accessories, as well as a selection of books and all past and current editions of Hole & Corner magazine.

The Hole & Corner Shop
The Wisp
8 Patwell Street
Bruton BA10 0EQ

Monday – Saturday 10am-5pm | Sunday 11am-4pm

Photographs Megan Gallacher ()

03/02/2022

Final week of Hole & Corner at The Lab E20 East Village London

Hole & Corner has taken up residence at The Lab E20, East Village’s new flagship in Stratford, East London, for experiential retail, cultural exhibition and creative workspace, until February 6.

Here are some of the exciting events we have lined up for the rest of this week. Expect interior design consultations, family fun, the return of tea tasting and the chance to be featured in the new Hole & Corner book. We hope to see you there!

Limited spaces available, book your places here:
holeandcorner.com/news/hole-corner-at-the-lab-e20-feb-2-6

Tea Tasting with Comins Tea, Fine Tea Merchants
Interior Design Consultations with Emma Shone-Sanders from Design & That

Family Workshop with Planet Good Earth

31/01/2022

HOLE & CORNER EVENT: Interior Design Consultations with Emma Shone-Sanders Design & That

February 5th, 11am - 5pm

Limited Spaces available - book your place here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hole-corner-event-interior-design-consultation-with-emma-shone-sanders

Thinking about improving your Hole & Corner? Whether you’re considering a quick lift, or a full overhaul with a new bed… book a slot to join us for a free hour-long one-to-one bedroom design consultation with Interior Designer, Emma Shone-Sanders . Bring along floor-plans, sketches, photos of your space, or just drop in for a chat and browse through samples, textile swatches, and colour charts

We know what a difference a good night's sleep makes and we've fallen for Naturalmat beds and their hand crafted mattresses which share our slow, steady, considered values. Their mattresses are made by hand in a purpose-built factory in Devon, by a team of craftspeople to ensure that every stitch, every fibre, every tufting button and every cover is painstakingly created, teased and checked. We invite you to come and try one out at our residency at The Lab E20 (East Village London) and chat to Emma about different options, including bespoke headboard designs.

Naturalmat believe that natural fibres are best and there are no chemicals, toxic coatings, or synthetic fillings in their products.

Design & That is a creative and contemporary interior design studio founded in 2016 by interior architect Emma Shone-Sanders. Emma’s passion is in creating spaces that feel contemporary and unique, whilst being relaxed and warm, and her love for well-crafted furniture and materials is at the heart of her designs.

28/01/2022

HOLE & CORNER EVENT | Join us tomorrow for a ‘Meet the Maker’ session at The Lab E20 with Jade Mellor Jewellery | 11am – 3pm | East Village London

Craft collaborator and artist-in-residence Jade Mellor will be upping sticks for the day for a ‘Meet the Maker’ session at The Lab E20. The designer’s handmade, one-of-a-kind pieces of jewellery are inspired by natural history, and meticulously created using specially selected materials.

You’ll have the chance to meet Mellor and see the latest projects she is working on, and also learn how to repurpose old or forgotten pieces of jewellery stashed in the back of a drawer.



For now, read more about Jade in our interview with her and shop her latest collection online at holeandcorner.com

27/01/2022

HOLE & CORNER EVENT | Tea Tasting Workshop with Comins Tea, Fine Tea Merchants | At The Lab E20
East Village London

Sunday 30, 11am & 2pm
Friday 4, 12pm & 3pm

Comins Tea invite you to join their tea tasting workshop at The Lab E20 on January 30 at 11am & 2pm and on Friday 4 at 12pm & 3pm.

Throughout 2022 Comins are focusing on the ‘positive moments’ that the world of tea offers us. At this tasting session co-founder, Michelle Comins, will invite you to taste six different teas while discussing the themes of discovery, ritual, time, health, connection and community.

The session will last one hour, and each tea taster will leave with a ‘tea box’ which includes a copy of our magazine, a sample of each of the teas to enjoy at home and a tasting card on which to make your own notes. The teas tasted will be linked to an article published in Hole & Corner Issue 22: Family, where Comins shared their top five places to have a memorable cup of tea.

You can also buy a selection of their loose-leaf teas and their book Tales of The Tea Trade at the Hole & Corner shop, or visit the Comins teahouses in Dorset and Bath…

Book your place here: http://eventbrite.co.uk/e/hole-corner-event-comins-tea-tasting-workshop-tickets

25/01/2022

HOLE & CORNER EVENT | ‘Sleep Well’ with Kate Mikhail

At The Lab E20 | January 27, 7pm | Tickets are £5 (free for Members)

Book your place here: http://eventbrite.co.uk/e/hole-corner-event-sleep-well-with-kate-mikhail-tickets

Journalist, editor and author of Teach Yourself to Sleep, Kate Mikhail will be holding a ‘Sleep Well’ talk during Hole & Corner’s residency at The Lab E20 in London’s Stratford. On January 27 at 7pm, Mikhail invites fellow insomniacs, bad sleepers and everyone in between, to join her for an evening of insight into the accessible science that can help you reclaim your restless nights.

Mikhail first-hand account of how she tackled chronic insomnia in Teach Yourself to Sleep, which came out last summer, will be brought to life in an exclusive talk for those who can make it over to The Lab E20 – for an evening of calm.

25/01/2022

HOLE & CORNER ONLINE EVENT - ‘No more New Year’s Resolutions’ with Sheryl Garratt

January 26, 7pm | Tickets are £10 (free for Members)

Book your place here: https://eventbrite.co.uk/e/hole-corner-event-no-more-new-years-resolutions-with-sheryl-garratt-tickets-

Creative life coach and journalist, Sheryl Garratt, kicks off our 2022 events programme with an online life-coaching session designed to help us navigate new and effective ways of finding focus for the year ahead.

This virtual coaching session will call for us to reflect on and celebrate our achievements and lessons learnt in yet another strange year, allowing us to dream about the future and help us turn those dreams into reality.

24/01/2022

A special thank you from Hole & Corner…

From everyone at Hole & Corner, we’d like to thank all the members, subscribers, contributors, collaborators, partners, friends and family of the magazine that made it over to our Hole & Corner Issue 22: Family launch event on Saturday.

We’d also like to say a special thank you to Get living () for providing us with the beautiful space, Naturalmat () for sponsoring the event and Forest Road Brewing Co () and Ekta Kaul () for the wonderful family tree stitching workshop.

It was great to see so many familiar and new faces gathered – at last – in one space to raise a glass, or can, to all the hard work that went into our latest issue. If you didn’t get a chance the grab a copy, they are still available online or you can stop by Hole & Corner shop at The Lab E20, which is open Wednesday to Saturday from 10am – 5pm and Sunday from 11 – 4pm until February 6.

Visit the link below to see what’s coming up in the space over the next couple of weeks.

https://www.holeandcorner.com/news/hole-corner-issue-22-family-launch-event

We look forward to seeing more of you very soon!

24/01/2022

WE ARE HIRING / passionate, experienced e-commerce & website coordinator...

We are looking for a passionate and experienced E-commerce and Website Coordinator to join our team in Bruton, Somerset.

The role is 3 days a week working from the Hole & Corner shop in Bruton, Somerset. This is a versatile and instrumental role, and the ideal candidate will be good at multi-tasking and have excellent written and verbal communication skills. They will have experience in running an e-commerce platform and have a flare for creating engaging product descriptions. Knowledge of the craft and design community would be a benefit for role.

Find out more here: holeandcorner.com/news/we-are-hiring-2

To apply, please send your CV and covering letter to [email protected]

Closing Date: 08/02/2022

25/12/2021

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas from the team at Hole & Corner.

We hope you're taking the time to pause and be still.

Film Megan Gallacher

20/12/2021

THE HOLE & CORNER SHOP - Last Orders | Tomorrow by 12pm 🎄

We're nearly at the festive finish line but if you still have gifts to buy, you're not out of time. You can order online up until midday tomorrow (December 21) and your parcel will be with you in time for Christmas. Our shop on Bruton High Street is also open until 3pm on Christmas Eve and is stocked with an array of handmade and one-off gifts.

Shop online at holeandcorner.com

Photograph Megan Gallacher ()

29/11/2021

IN THE STUDIO WITH… Pia Wallén ()

Swedish designer Pia Wallén is best known for her cosy but cool felt slippers. She first started working with felt in the 1980s as a student at Beckmans College of Design () and then began playing with other materials typically used in Swedish felt costumes.

Her work is always distinctly Swedish, a little folksy and somehow perfectly timeless. This month, Arket () launched its second Nordic Stories collection with Wallén as the featured designer. We caught up with Wallén in her Stockholm-based studio...

Tell us about your collaboration with Arket. How do you translate your interiors work and love of craft into fashion?

I have always enjoyed exploring the crossover in the fields of fashion, accessories and interior design in fabric and techniques. This is also what the collaboration is build upon. I am especially interested in the wool fibre’s ability to produce felt.

Read the full interview on holeandcorner.com

15/11/2021

HOLE & CORNER MAGAZINE - Issue 18: Details

As a child, she was fascinated by dust in the corners of rooms. Then at art school, she wasn’t so much interested
in her artwork as the material she was making it on. Jane Ponsford () has found her calling as a papermaker for whom pulp is precious. Paper, she says, is never a neutral surface…

Pictured: Opposite: Accumulation – a pile of handmade paper forms coloured with material from the Surrey landscape, including chalk, clay, tannin dyes, charcoal and oak gall by Jane Ponsford () Location: Box Hill, Surrey.

Words Stephanie Donaldson ()
Photographs Michael Bodiam ()

To read the full story visit holeandcorner.com and purchase your copy of the Details Issue.

04/11/2021

HOLE & CORNER MAGAZINE – Things to Learn & Do Issue

Pedal to the metal...

When Ridley Scott () needs red petals or the cast of mamma mia need flowery bathing caps, who do you call? Welcome to the strange world of Shirley leaf & petal...

The flower veiners were originally heated over hot coals and hand-stroked to emboss the leaves and petals for the production line. Hammers were of different weights, depending on the type of fabric. A degree of automation arrived in the form of a hand-operated veining (or embossing) machine dating from 1911. It takes up much of the floor area in this room – and is still in use.

Now that I have finally ventured beyond the shop’s counter, I find myself in a state of amazement. This is so much more than a time capsule representing a lost craft, or a working museum that turns out tourist trinkets. Alongside bread-and butter artificial flowers, Shirley Leaf & Petal uses the original presses and flower irons (more correctly known as ‘veiners’) to make intricately detailed flowers and leaves from stunning vintage silks and velvets...

Words Stephanie Donaldson ()
Photographs Julian Anderson ()

Read the full story in the Things to Learn & Do Issue, available on holeandcorner.com

01/11/2021

THE HOLE & CORNER SHOP - Introducing Hyde Wares ( Y D E)

Born from an urge to slow down, Hyde Wares is a range of leather accessories that really stands the test of time. Made from vegetable-tan leather produced in Devon, each piece displays the history of life through scars and imperfections. Over time, the leather develops a patina and is built to grow with its owner.

Hyde Wares wallets, purses and accessories are created by Jonathan Hyde in his Sheffield-based workshop and are now available to buy at The Hole & Corner Shop.

Explore the collection here: https://shop.holeandcorner.com/collections/hyde-wares

Words Lucy James
Photographs Megan Gallacher ()