Make your own Marimekko

This looks like the best book ever. Celebrating sixty years of Marimekko, it’s full of DIY projects as well as interviews and studio tours with the project designers. It looks super fun and I would love to get my hands on it.

Above images via Coolhunter

I’m not entirely sure if the last image is from the book for not, it did lead me to the book in the first place, but now I can’t recall where I found it. I’m keeping it here anyway as it’s the best thing I’ve ever seen. Why aren’t I an orange ghost with a round petticoat and polka dot tights? No fair.

Pajaki – amazing Polish paper chandeliers

Over the last 24 hours I’ve become obsessed with Pajaki (Polish folk art paper chandeliers, literally translated as spider of straw) – I think I even dreamed about them? The catalyst was finding Lena Corwin‘s amazing paper chandeliers, she has such an inspiring blog.

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Lena was inspired by a beautiful faded Pajaki Laura Normandin acquired from the Polish Art Center, and Laura’s made her own too:

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My favourites from the Polish Art Center are here and here.

So inspired by these ladies, can’t wait to get going on my own!