Notes from the studio.
What the pieces mean, how they get made, and what we learn standing behind a table on a Saturday.
The ghost meets a mushroom
A Saturday at Camden POP Handmade -- a ghost makes an unlikely new friend, a ceramicist gives us a card holder we did not ask for, and a Texas influencer turns up out of nowhere.
The Mid-Autumn Festival, and the moon behind it
Friday 25 September is the Mid-Autumn Festival — the brightest full moon of the year, mooncakes, lanterns, and a story about someone who went to the moon and stayed. We'll be at Canary Wharf the weekend after.
Ghost therapy
Little Ghost Reading left our table at Leadenhall Market, found a ceramic chair that turned out to be a necklace, and started a support group. A second ghost joined.
Where I'll be on Saturday, and why it matters more than it should
A Victorian market in the City, a film set from my childhood, and a table of candles shaped like spellbooks. I did not plan any of it.
Our first two markets
Two pop-up markets, two weeks apart, and almost nothing in common. What we learned at Wandsworth Mills and Ladbroke Hall — and why the event decides which candle sells.