Don’t forget a sunhat! This reversible summer hat from Meek, is two hats in one, made from lovely cool cotton fabric. One side has sweet light blue polka dot, the other has a funky fish and sea turtle pattern in green, blue and white on a charcoal background.
Happy holidays Aotearoa! We hope you all have a safe and happy Christmas season (and if you’re working through, we hope you can take some time to treat yourself!). Take care and look after each other. 🙂 (And the excellent card is by The Cabin Supply Co – take a look at their shop now.)
Friday finds: Meri Kirihimete! Here at Felt we’re privileged see all the amazing mahi of our team of Felt makers, so for our last Friday Finds of 2020 we’ve picked out some Kiwi-made Christmas creativity to highlight. You know that Felt is an all-Kiwi cast, so thank you for supporting Aotearoa makers and designers by buying local on Felt.
Heads up! Do you love bronze sculpture? Or coffee, perhaps? Take a look at this great offer from Nick Duval Smith, creator of the wonderful, tactile and ever-popular bronze coffee beans we’ve been delighted to host on Felt for years. Every Baby Bean purchased this month from Nick gives you a chance to win a set of his superb Moving Mountains, worth $575! Yep, just buy a Baby Bean and you’re in to win.
Friday finds: Here at Felt we’re lucky see all the awesome mahi of our clever Felt makers – and every Friday we pick out some stand-out Kiwi-made goodies to show off. This week we’ve drawn our finds from our fab Cute & Quirky Gifts collection, in the Felt Christmas Gift Guide. You know that Felt is an all-Kiwi cast, so you can be confident you’re supporting Aotearoa makers and designers by buying local on Felt.
Wellington-based Natty is the home of a stunning range of beautiful hand painted rimu jewellery, screen printed textiles and illustrated stationery. Inspired by Aotearoa’s nature and featuring a quirky sense of humour, Natty products use 100% cotton, ethically sourced tea towels, pillow cases and tote bags and non toxic water based inks.
Joe Wright of Bearwood Workshop handcrafts his beautiful wooden homewares and sculpture – all made from sustainable and recycled New Zealand native timber – from a little tractor shed in Glendhu Bay overlooking Lake Wanaka. After years of working as a designer in many different disciplines, running his own consultancy and clocking up the air miles with large corporations as clients, he decided to shed it all and go back to his roots.
Gwyneth Hulse Design is a longtime Felt favourite, producing her gorgeous wooden homewares and jewellery from a boutique studio in sunny Kerikeri. Gwyneth’s love of clean, minimalist lines and natural materials inspires her designs, all created from native New Zealand wood. Due to the unique nature of the wood, no two objects are ever completely alike.
Friday finds: Here at Felt we’re so lucky see all the beautiful mahi of our amazing Felt makers – and every Friday we pick out some stand-out Kiwi-made goodies to show off. This week we’ve drawn our finds from our gorgeous Gifts for Art Lovers collection, in the Felt Christmas Gift Guide. You know that Felt is an all-Kiwi cast, so you can be confident you’re supporting Aotearoa makers and designers by buying local on Felt.
Artist Holly Roach is inspired by her interest in mid century fabric design and art, and she also has a love of iconic Aotearoa birds and their surroundings. These things are stunningly combined in her art, which she reproduces in a variety of striking paper and textile formats.