NOTES FROM THE STUDIO

The countdown is certainly on as we rapidly approach the first of our Christmas fairs at Selvedge. We've been working our way through the never-ending list of jobs and for the last few days that has entailed spending time in the studio participating in one of our favourite activities - screen printing.

There's nothing more satisfying than seeing art work that you began working on and evolving months ago reproduced in colour by your own hands. The sketches and drawings of insects we did at the Natural History Museum are now printed onto beautiful creamy unbleached cotton tea towels using environmentally friendly pigments in rich teal blue and vibrant burnt orange.

All the hard work was a bit much for one member of the 'team' - he just needed to take five minutes out for a little snooze. It's alright for some!