A Miniature Piece of History

From 8th – 10th November I will be exhibiting my work at Handmade in Chelsea, It’s a fantastic show packed with products from contemporary designers, makers and craftsmen. I’m particularly excited about this show as it is not only my…

Hatching a Plan

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Recently I’ve been doing a little work for Pegasus Land. They are creating a series of purpose built flats in new and reconditioned buildings with private apartments and also communal areas, such as dining rooms, pools and gym facilities.…

An English Padlock

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"Be to her virtues very kind;And to her indulgencies a little blind". As a child in the house where I grew up, I always longed for there to be a secret room. I used to dream about opening a door I’d never seen before and finding evidence…

The Model Career?

It’s interesting to wonder just how you arrive at your job. How much is luck or destiny. Everyone has talents of one sort or another. Mine are luckily all aligned towards art and design. I have always drawn and made things, ever since I was…

Autostory researches a Supercar

We've just completed a fascinating Autostory of rare 1979 Supercar : a de Tomaso Mangusta. Paul has uncovered a fantastic tale of the owner going to Italy to buy the car, along with a great history of the company. Looking forward to the first…

Autostory- our new product: Classic Car Histories

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After years of working on the Archistory project creating architectural drawings combined with house histories, my friend, researcher and house historian Paul Murray is embarking on a new idea. Paul’s passion for classic car restoration has…

It's Christmas all year round in Perry Vale

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Ted Christmas’s development on Perry Vale was completed in 1903. Whilst researching the history of one of these houses we discovered that the first letters of the house names in the whole terrace spell out the builder’s name, so his mark…

Going a little wild with the detail 

Sometimes when we visit a house there's a little more to draw than the architecture. Owners have asked us to include details very personal to them, from plants growing up the walls, to much loved family pets.