These fantastic lampshade jellyfish are to be found floating in the textile department of John Lewis in Cheadle, Cheshire. This stunning display is a wonderfully effective way to display beautiful textiles and trimmings; the ribbons and braids lend themselves perfectly to being tentacles! The jellyfish are upto about 3ft in diameter and were really turning the heads of [...]
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Make the most of your Natural Capital
“Natural capital” is a way to describe the value of the natural resources around us. Natural resources such as light, fresh air, green spaces and countryside meet a variety of needs in society which give us benefits such as exercise, improved wellbeing, higher productivity, and better social cohesion. Obtaining equivalent benefits via services such as [...]
Using lamps for flexible lighting
Lamps offer a fast and flexible way to add instant character and impact to a space. Professionally designed lighting schemes can be elaborate and expensive, but you can rapidly achieve great impact using table and floor lamps. Feature lighting Light naturally draws the gaze; that’s why lighting is so effective when used to emphasise a feature you [...]
The comforts of home
This weather! It’s early January, Twelfth Night in fact, and outside it is stormy! It’s very windy and the rain is coming down day and night these past couple of days. When is it going to stop?! Isn’t February supposed to be the most dismal month? When I got home this evening, gratefully sloughing [...]
Welcome 2012!
To mark the new year, Ose handmade lampshades appear in the inaugural Hebden Artists Calendar – check out March! What’s going to happen with Ose this year? I am planning two new designs – a set of deep coloured table lamps using an unusual colouring technique – watch this space! And further developments in the [...]
Things I am enjoying this week…
This evening I find myself with the urge to record various nice aspects of today (nothing to do with lighting!): I am enjoying the digital world. The latest update of WordPress makes blogging simpler; online accounts mean I can achieve loads of routine tasks without needing to take a big chunk out of my day; [...]
Christmas lights!
At this time of year we deck the halls with boughs of holly, and festoon our towns and homes with lights. Perhaps it’s to do with emulating the light of the star which guided the Three Wise Men, or about Jesus being the light of the world? Or maybe a simple Pagan reminder during the darkest days near the winter [...]
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Lights for Halloween
Hurray, it’s Hallow’een! Pumpkin lights were carved, and a spooky cheesecake made and consumed. I can’t resist putting up photos – well, the lanterns are a form of lighting, after all! Did you know that lanterns were originally carved-out turnips or potatoes? An Irish mythical baddie called Jack was banished by both god and the devil, [...]
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