Claire Coles offers a new approach to stitching on porcelain tea sets, vintage wallpaper, and illustrations. One of my favorite explorations is her collection of stitched tea cups. These sets were created to "evoke a reminiscence to times forgotten, exploring the loss of the British tradition 'afternoon tea'."
The use of traditional textiles in a new and clever way always makes me excited. These pieces are beautiful - the details, the concept - love it! Be sure to check out Claire Coles Design for more amazing work including wallpaper and illustrations.
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Afternoon Tea
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At first I am like, how in the world did they do that? So very lovely. It is so whimsical and fun.
Unbelievably beautiful and delicate. Can't imagine they are very practical...
oh, I love them! THey are so beautiful!
The "Love Me" cup is so vulnerable... I'd like to bust that out next time the hubby and I get into a tiff.
these are great!
I'm so confused!! But they're GORGEOUS :)
These are really beautiful. I'd love to hold one - I'm fascinated with how they did this!
Incredible. This are so wonderfully delicate. Great find!
my first thought was how???? but they are very pretty.
wow! that shocked me a bit at first. Clever creation. I love tea time!
Forget technology. Lets bring back afternoon tea!
Claire Coles' work is lovely.
Yes they aren't very practical, but oh so pretty!!
Absolutely adorable!
Oh Diana, I just went through her website and I'm so impressed. I love her work, especially the wallpaper. I've been trying to figure out how to customize wallpaper to suit my tastes or to introduce a theme to our bedroom, and this gave me some good ideas. Thanks for sharing!
wow! just unbelievable!
How cute!!!
perfect for the make believe tea we used to drink as little girls. so pretty.
i wonder if their functional, ie, the holes don't completely go in. extremely pretty pieces, nonetheless.
Ooh, pretty :)
@a print a day - I didn't even think of that! Sheesh.
that's brilliant but how is that possible??
Breathtaking.
Oh I want to use these but I dont at the same time. How conflicted! Beautiful!
the love one is GREAT!
Well, I'm absolutely fascinated - to say the least. Such delicate, intricate and unusual work.
so cool. :)
Adore these!!!
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