Egg_Christmas_Look_Book

christmas 2017
all good things
volume one

soap

Droyts is one of the worlds oldest manufacturers of
glycerine soap. Founded in Belarus in 1893, they are
a privately owned independent company and have
been making soaps in England since 1938.
They pride themselves on using the best quality
vegetable and mineral ingredients to make their
beautiful and unique soaps.
The Droyts factory has been making egg’s ‘pebble’
and ‘boulder’ soaps for many years using unique
hand cutting techniques.
dr1 pebble soap £10
dro2 boulder soap £100

ooks

out of fashion £52 wabi sabi: further thoughts £15
wabi sabi £15
making WET £25 flower shop £18 which aesthetics do you mean £15

paintings

Hannah Ludnow
“Born in Cornwall I grew up in a creative environment
and painted from a very young age.
I moved to London at 18 to study art at university where
I studied a mixture of skills – painting, life drawing,
ceramics, and print. Since graduating I have focused
on painting, selling in London, Cornwall and the Middle
East.
The coastline of Cornwall has always been my inspiration,
the amazing light, the huge and ever changing
skies and beautiful dramatic coastline. My work is fairly
abstract, I hope to exude a calmness in the use of colour
and line, and build an atmosphere in a painting which
draw you in and allows you to imagine yourself there,
stood on a cliff, a beach or behind the dunes, exposed
to the elements and the unpredictability of nature.”
square seascape £300
square meadow £300
surprises painting £400

incense

The burning of incense in Japan dates back to the 6th century
BC. Originally it was used during religious occasions and
then later it became a way of perfuming clothes, rooms and
for personal enjoyment.
Japanese incense is less smoky and has a lighter subtle smell
then the Indian variety. The various ingredients, wood
powders, plants, spices and essential oils are mixed with
other plant gels, kneaded into flat tablets, which are then
dried and cut into sticks. The ingredients are always natural
and never treated with chemicals.
Agar wood, also known as “Jinkoh” or the “most drowned
perfume” is a sought after ingredient and can cost as much
as gold. It is not actually the wood itself that is used but the
trees reaction to a fungal growth.
Sandalwood is one of the most common used ingredients
in Japanese incense.
Prince d’Awaji - Made from the richest grade of Agar wood
along with Ansoku-koh, a sweet balsamic resin from a
unique and wild flower found in Tropical Sumatra.
prince of awaji incense £90

glass

Hideki Yokoyama
Mr Yokoyama makes glass to make people smile.
Jars for pickled plums,
Jugs for Soya sauce,
Candy boxes,
Sake glasses,
Wobbly decanters with tumblers,
Naughty bottles,
Serious bottles,
Bottles with lots of personality.
“I begin my work by building a fire inside the furnace, a few hours
later, when the temperature is hot enough, I make sure there is no
crack in the melting pot and place the glass to melt. I wait another
6-7 hours for the temperature to get even higher. Then I start.
I distribute the colours and design my own glassworks, believing in
limitless possibility. I believe something happening by accident has
certain energy, so I don’t try to control anything”
“Practicality and beauty - my struggle and my passion.
When I encounter my glass works at a dining table I feel
a pleasant awkwardness but I also feel greatly flattered”.
Glass blowing is an ancient technique, which can be traced back
to the 1st century B.C. Mr Yokoyama uses the same unchanged
methods.
large tumbler £75

notebook

hardback sketch book £20

pots

Carina Ciscato
Carina’s pots reflect her personality, deep in
conversation: some tall, small and wobbly.
There are the cheeky ones, chattering away,
happy and young.
Some are grand, serious, content, standing
back and observing the others.
Carina’s new work has reached a new level of
sensitivity through her hard work and keen
observation of masters of their craft:
Henderson, Baldwin, McNicoll, Stair and
De Waal to name a few. She builds her
imperfect yet perfect vessels- poised and
elegant yet rhythmic and with the sensuous
qualities of the samba, the music of her
native land.
constructed pot £500
Beauty is a hallmark of Carina’s talent.
constructed vessel £380

large lidded jar £600
large lidded jar £600
matte lidded jar £350
lidded jar £350

Kaori Tatebayashi
Kaori Tatebayashi grew up surrounded by ceramics in a
small Japanese village, Arita, noted for its fine porcelain.
Aged eight, Kaori moved to Kyoto - also famous for its
pottery. After school she would creep into the local pottery
factory and sit mesmerised for hours watching the
craftsmen throwing.
Kaori is now based in London but it is the Japanese
landscape of her childhood that inspires her designs.
Her first tableware range evoked the ridgelines of the
mountains in Kyoto. In her current range, she uses traditional
Japanese slip and glaze combination.
mini bowls £30
side plates £100

shallow bowls £90
deep bowls £90
plates £100
large bowls £180

Karen Downing
Karen Downing was born in New Jersey in 1958. She
came to the UK in 1985 and now lives and works in
Suffolk, England.
“At the heart of my work is a childhood spent on the
Atlantic coast of New Jersey, on its beaches and tidal
rivers, where there is a sense of scale both intimate and
infinite. The landscape is ever-changing.
It is this idea of a slow but constant change over time that
I explore in my hand thrown porcelain. The purposeful
use of one material, a single glaze and a restricted
vocabulary of form allow the work its own unhurried
but constant evolution. Within the constraints of
repetition these limited elements combine to form
infinite subtle variations. It is a process of continuing
discovery and gradual revelation.
circle bowl £60
I hope that my pots will transform what are often
unconsidered moments into cherished ones, make the
ordinary tasks special and bring beauty and pleasure
to the everyday- even to the washing up.”
tiny vase £40

covered jar £90

silver

Silver breaker and Spoons
Made from hall marked Britannia Silver and hand
hammered in Kathmandy
Spoons as above semi-precious stones
little wobbly cup £200
wobbly cup £360

little beaker £160 medium beaker £240
larger beaker £370

caviar spoon £100 martini spoon £220 runcible spoon £220

candles

takazawa candle company
Founded by Noto Nanao, Takazawa Candle Co. has been
creating plant based wax candles for the past century
using traditional “wa-rousoku” techniques. The candles
are unique for their hollow washi paper wicks, allowing
them to produce a tall flames with a bright quality.
from £11 for 16 small candles

peanuts

peanuts books we found and love
We love Charlie Brown, Lucy and Snoopy so add to our
collection when we find them on our travels.
Providing essential lessons for life.
Three books for £10

pastels

unison pastels
Unison Colour began in the early 1980’s when artist
John Hersey found that mass-produced pastels simply
did not offer the qualities he was looking for, and so he
decided to make his own. Today Unison hand make over
a quarter of a million sticks a year.
From £25

pencils

Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth 6B Pencils
Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth was founded in 1790 by Joseph
Hardtmuth of Austria. In 1802, the company patented
the first pencil lead made from a combination of kaolin
and graphite.
At the 1889 World Fair in Paris, the Hardtmuth’s
displayed their pencils rebranded as “Koh-I-Noor
Hardtmuth”. Each pencil was encased in a yellow
cedar-wood barrel. The inspiration for the name was
the famous Koh-i-Noor diamond.
£9 for bundle of six

mug

the architect’s mug by karen downing
Karen Downing was born in New Jersey in 1958.
She came to the UK in 1985 and now lives and
works in Suffolk, England.
“At the heart of my work is a childhood spent on
the Atlantic coast of New Jersey, on its beaches
and tidal rivers, where there is a sense of scale
both intimate and infinite. The landscape is
ever-changing.
I hope that my pots will transform what are often
unconsidered moments into cherished ones, make
the ordinary tasks special and bring beauty and
pleasure to the everyday- even to the washing up.”
Karen designed the mug to be nice and stable
on the sloping surface of an architects drawing
board.
£60 each

alm

soveral angel balm
A cleanser to leave skin feeling nourished, fresh and
supple as well as a soothing balm for lips, dry patches
and cuticles
Ingredients: Helianthus annuus (Sunflower) seed oil,
Theobroma cacao (cocoa) seed butter, Vitis vinefera
(grapeseed) oil, Persea gratisima (avocado) oil, Ricinus
communis (castor) seed oil, Cera alba (beeswax),
Pelargonium graveolens (geranium) oil, Rosmarinus officinalis
(Rosemary) leaf extract, Citronellol*, Geraniol*,
Linalol*.
*Natural constituent of essential oil listed
15ml £19

hats

otto hats
“The fascinating thing is that after knitting and boiling
the wool, it comes out different every time,” It’s always
a bit of a surprise for me, which I love. Otherwise it
would get boring.”
Kika Schoenfeld
Each hat is numbered and unique
from £320 each

caddies

caddies by takahiro yagi for kaikado
Kaikado was established in 1875, shortly after Japan
opened its doors to the rest of the world. With this
came the import of tinplate from England. Tin was used
for the plating of steel, and was considered a fashionable
foreign-made item. In the Edo era, canisters made
from tin were a commonplace means of storage for tea,
as were jars made from china or earthenware. It was
the company’s founder, Kiyosuke, who first designed the
tin tea caddy.
tea and pasta caddies from £330

lankets

shuktara blankets
David Earp worked in London for many years at
Portobello Road until 1999 when he moved to Kolkata,
India to set up Shuktara, a charity which runs homes
for girls and boys with disabilities who have no family
to care for them. David started using his passion for
vintage textiles to raise money for the charity and
created some beautiful blankets which egg immediately
loved.
£200 each

lithographs

19th century bird drawings by magnus von wright.
Framed Chromolithographs. Published c 1920.
Magnus von Wright started out as a taxidermist in the
1820’s, he stuffed birds for Societas pro Flora et Fauna
Fennica, the oldest scientific society in Finland, and in
1845, became taxidermist a the university’s zoological
museum. Von Wright; though a skilful taxidermist, his
reputation like that of his two brothers, Wilhelm and
Ferdinand, rests on his skill as a zoological illustrator.
The first edition of Svenska fåglar, efter naturen och
på sten ritade, appeared between 1828 and 1837 and in
1859 he published the first handbook on Finnish birds.
These chromolithographs are from the second edition
Svenska fåglar, efter naturen och på sten ritade,
published c1920 and printed by A. Bortzells, Stockholm.
£200 each

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