Posts Tagged ‘craft’

The Wardrobe in our spare room

Monday, November 29th, 2010

16 Bedford Row has a crafty new addition – our extra room is now home to The Wardrobe, otherwise known as fashion designer Nin McKay.

Nin trained in fashion design in Wellington, but her passion for tactile craft and handiwork was originally nurtured by her grandmother, whose craft skills ranged from origami to lace-making. Her work is characterised by small and intricately worked details combined with a discipline for engineering coverings for a three-dimensional moving form. You can follow Nin’s adventures on her blog, The Wardrobe, join her Facebook page and check out some of her creations on Felt.

Picture yourself in a fab inner city studio…

Monday, November 22nd, 2010

We’ve had a lot of people ask us what we plan to do with our extra space here at 16 Bedford Row and now that we’re all settled in, we’re ready to reveal part one…

Ever pictured yourself working in a stylishly retro inner city studio, with all day sun and a creative vibe? We have an awesome shared space available for a maker or craftsperson. You would be sharing a light and airy room of approximately 200 square feet, with polished wood floors, exposed brick walls and one friendly existing tenant by the name of Nin (aka The Wardrobe).

Sounds amazing, right? Wait till you hear the next bit. As well as being just about as central as you can get, the building has monitored security, the room is lockable and use of the space includes access to wi-fi, a kitchen (equipped with microwave, fridge, tea and coffee) and an open invitation to Friday after work drinks – and all of this is available for just $80 per week.

You are welcome to come and check out the space – please feel free to give us a call on 379 9860 to arrange a time.

A Craft Affair is coming to town!

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

We’re pretty proud of the results of our latest branding project. A Craft Affair is the biggest handmade shopping event on the Christchurch calendar, with more than 40 stalls featuring the best and brightest of the local craft scene, so the posters and marketing needed to reflect passion and quality, with a handmade flavour. And of course it’s nice to have a subtle hint of Kiwiana in there too.

Naturally Mel will be there with her Black Swan Designs hat on, selling some of her fabulous jewellery (pictured below) and I’ll be there promoting Felt. It’ll be a great day out – hope you can make it along!