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Fresh ideas and style tips on the home front
Just hanging
These eye-catching wall hooks can be used as both gorgeous 3D wall décor and handy places to hang your next outfit! They are handmade and painted on a natural wood base. Price: £98-£115 www.redcandy.co.uk
Paint with attitude
Little Knights is a high-quality new paint range – with a difference. It fights back against germs, bacteria and pollution in the home by being 100 per cent VOC-free and anti-bacterial, while also helping to absorb formaldehyde from the air. www.little-knights.co.uk
The Owl and the Artist Who knew that Picasso had an affinity with owls? Prospective sellers often ask, whilst displaying the once-cherished possessions of a late relative, “So what do people want to buy now?”. As we stare, slightly hopelessly it must be admitted, at the array of unloved china and glass, we struggle for an answer, often coming up with, “Well, they want something striking, modern, more of a statement piece…”. This suggests something that might be a talking point, perhaps the work of someone who is a household name, even a celebrity. If you can’t afford £20,000 upwards for a smallish Grayson Perry pot, but have a couple of thousand to spare, you might consider something by Picasso, another artistic genius, as well as a master of self-branding. You could purchase, for instance, a Petite Chouette (Little Owl) jug, like the one sold at a Gorringe’s auction this year for £1,600. Conceived in 1949 and produced by the Madoura Pottery, it is only a few inches high, but it still looks quirky, fresh and modern. Who hasn’t heard of Picasso? Who doesn’t love an owl? Picasso had an affinity with owls, a creature representing wisdom and courage, and kept one with a collection of other birds at his Paris home. It had been injured and was initially hostile toward its carer, so Picasso shouted obscenities at it to show who was the worse-mannered. In time, however, the owl would perch on his finger and allow its head to be scratched, although it always looked rather glum! www.gorringes.co.uk 70
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KUDOS SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017