Africa

I went to the British Museum last weekend (to see an exhibition that opens in March...whoops), and came across a room of African textiles - 'Social Fabric: African Textiles Today'.

So many beautifully printed fabrics - and a few great slogans too. Really liked this bicycle print with girl power tagline:

 

Hung side by side by a mango print piece:

 But my favourite were probably the fabrics decorated by the faces of Barak Obama and Michael Jackson

Definitely worth a visit if you are in the area. 

Click on the poster images below for more details:

Which, coincidentally, reminds me of a song I have listened to over a million times and has an amazing video:

HAPPY MEXICAN PUMPKIN HALLOWEEN

This pumpkin figurine from the British Museum is made out of sugar in the form of skull, and would have traditionally been used for the Day of the Dead Festival. The stem of the pumpkin is wrapped in gold foil, as are the eye sockets... Less gore more gold, I say.

 

Scary that soon it will be time to think about Christmas... Hannah and I made this Day of the Dead inspired wreath a couple of years ago in Manchester, when we had too much fun decorating our cold house with insanely bright tinsel.