Coffee at Camden

Everyone loves cupcakes, and with such huge competition out there, its always good to know who is truly the best!... well I have the answer Coffee at Camden in Bath.

A little hidden gem just outside the city, it serves hot food in the morning and lunch, offers cupcake classes for all ages and occassions, and has a large decked garden with views across the city.

I admit I have sampled a few now, but the easter special is scrummy!

Botanical Gardens

I haven't been to the Botanical Gardens for many years, perhaps back in primary school?! And I went the other day and forgot how lovely it is. Blossom covered the grass making a pretty pink carpet; it was dreamy!

#28 Texture

I ordered a coffee.

Looked down at my feet to find an amazing surface on the floor.

#27 The sun is here

Sunny day. Ace

Here's some sketches from interim project.

Concept sketch

Building Diagram

Huge Detail

Attempting to do 1:1 detail.... eek!!

#26 You don't want to miss this!

#25 Roots Architecture Workshop 2011

Although a little dated, I forgot to tell you about what I did last summer! I took part in the Roots Architecture Workshop at WOMAD festival. I went with a few friends from uni and we had a great but tiring few days. The weather was so hot and yes... I did burn!

The four day workshop involved designing the performance stage and a lot of manual labour! I used some pretty hefty tools... very impressive I know. The festival itself is really good, with amazing food and awesome music. We particularly loved the morning yoga in the big blue tents!  

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#24 Illumination Bath 2012

If you haven't already heard of this great new arts festival in Bath... well you will now! The festival is part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, the largest cultural celebration in the history of the modern Olympiad and Paralympic movements. Spread over four years, it is designed to give everyone in the UK a chance to be a part of London 2012 and inspire creativity across all forms of culture, especially among young people.

The historic city of Bath will form the backdrop to the light installations projected onto the facades of the buildings. Different artists from around the city and also students from Bath Spa University will be participating. Many of the artworks are interactive, fun and playful, transforming everyday buildings and spaces into something extraordinary and magical for a few short hours. All of the artworks are completely free for you to explore.

There are 7 exhibits around the city:

1. Clockwork City by Greyworld /

Various locations in Bath city centre including Bath Street, Abbey Green and Abbey Church Yard

2. Pulse by Rolf Pilarsky and Bath Spa students /

Corner of Stall Street and Bath Street

3. Live Drawing and Creative Writing by Artists and writers from Bath Spa /

Outside the Roman Baths

4. Heads, Bodies, Legs by Petra Freeman and Tom Rolt, working with St Saviour's Junior School / 

Outside the Roman Baths

5. Catch Me Now by Tine Bech /

Kingston Parade

6. Attracted to Light by Robert Fearns and Anthony Head / 

Kingston Parade

7. Frequency by Alex Cotterell, Will Kendrick, Lumen and ocd / 

The Roman Baths (enter via Kingston Parade and is on for 2 nights thurs 26th + fri 27th)

check out website too: http://www.illuminatebath.org/

#23 Lucian Freud

Lucian Freud is known as one of the most notable painters of our age, and sadly passed away last year. I discovered Freud during secondary school, and loved his use of colour, which was similar to that of Jenny Saville's. Paintings of people were central to his work and this major exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, spanning over seventy years, is the first to focus on his portraiture.


The exhibition starts 9th Feb to 27th May 2012 - National Portrait Gallery, London 
http://www.npg.org.uk/freudsite/

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Freud had many friendships within the celebrity world, such as Kate Moss, where they shared stories about Francis Bacon and Cecil Beaton. They met in 2001, and Moss started to sit for Freud straight away. Moss had always wanted to meet Freud, and was and still is good friends with his daughter Bella.











Bella Freud launched her fashion career in 1990, and was encouraged by Freud. Bella asked her father to write her name, so she could use it as her logo, and to her surprise he spent 20 minutes on a drawing of his whippet Pluto's head with its tongue hanging out. This was to be her new logo, which still stands today. Bella said 'It was the most perfect and charismatic piece of work, and represented exactly what I like about any style: upmarket irreverence'.

Check out her website its pretty cool http://www.bellafreud.co.uk/intro-page/

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#22 'Fantasy Translated Into Reality' - Aisha Saphia Lingerie

Luxury lingerie brand Aisha Saphia was born out of the ideology to worship the female form and the brand blurs the division between practicality and aesthetics. The designs enables women to access all areas of femininity within them, with a mix of materials from silk to chiffon. The soft and strong elements of the lingerie designs, encapsulates an image of strength and vulnerability. 

Lingerie is for fun and play, but also for comfort and function. Driven by these words, Aisha Saphia Lingerie aims to cater for the bedroom but also for daily life; with some pieces designed as outerwear.  

Aisha Saphia Breakah founded her brand in 2011 in her final year studying Fashion at Nottingham Trent University. After graduating last year, she is pushing her lingerie designs and improving her portfolio all the time. Aisha's ethos is to create 'lingerie that makes a statement and creates a mesmerising impact'. 

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Aisha Saphia Breakah is currently working on a blog/website for her new line of lingerie so I will keep you posted. But if you would like to order anything from her or ask any questions, please contact her on aishasaphia@hotmail.com or you can post a comment on here. 

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#21 Saatchi Gallery

London - Day trip

#20 i heart mini things

Anything small, I adore. Especially mini toiletries!! There so darn cute, totally pointless... but I don't care.
So I found this mini chalkboard at a fabric shop in Chelsea Road. It has a little magnetic house too!

£8.99 Just big enough to write a short message - I'm going to use it as a daytime reminder for all the stuff I forget.

#19 Field of Lights

The Holburne 

Over 5000 bulbs... it was pretty cool I even went twice

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#18 2012

Oh look, its 2012, did anyone notice a new year happened?! I didn't think so.

My christmas break was spent revising stuff I had no clue about, but somehow I survived and touch wood there will be no re-sits in August (I'm not booking any holidays just in case).

I've felt a little empty lately, and I realise why... I've not posted on here for a while. I'd love to say 'oh gosh so much has happened and now live away from home!' but no, sadly still at university (final year thank goodness) and my life is still plodding along.

Whats new?

New job, i'm now a brunette, my bedroom walls are duck egg, a new red desk lamp, um and a few other trivial things.

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