Too Many Trinkets and Tokyo Memories!

Ooohhhh Hiya!!!!
Eeeekers so this is the first chance I've had to actually filter through all of the stuff that I brought back from Japan what with the Christmas missing baggage/ snow stranded scenario and then the quick turn around before I whipped off to Taiwan!
The amount of souvenirs that I dragged back is actually outrageous and I'm still going through the extra suitcase that I had to buy purely to pack up all of the excess trinkets!!! On top of that, bits and pieces that I couldn't shoehorn into my cases had to be whacked in a big box which only just recently made its way back from the ship!!!! Japan was a dream come true in terms of shopping and treat collecting and I now have a ridiculous amount of unnecessary stuff that I love!!! Treasures include 5 vintage kimono, a pair of awesome Geta shoes that I had custom made, numerous Bento boxes, 27 pairs of socks, plenty of chopsticks, a bundle of Japanese craft books, accessories, unbelievable amounts of stationary, a hand crafted lantern, 15 puffy animal paper balloons, random materials and work equipment, kitchen stuff, sushi moulds,too many Hello Kitty items, ornaments....you get the idea. Totally ridiculous. Either way I love these bits and pieces!!!
Also while I'm here I thought I would share some pictures from my time in Tokyo as I never got around to that either up until now! As I mentioned during my time in residence over in Japan I went up to Tokyo just before Christmas to work on my photoshoot as well as spend my birthday in the city!!! Fun Times and Tokyo is one of my all time favourite places....so I took about 2000 photos, but I shall spare you the slideshow and just show you a few below.....








Love and Sushi!
Emma xxx

Press Updates...

Hello Hellooooo!!!!
So whilst in super productive mode today I have finally got around to updating some recent press features over this past few months... jeeeperssss all this living out of a backpack minus a mobile scanner whilst globetrotting left me with a bit of a mission!!!
So here are a few bits and pieces which include Miseducated (US), Spindle Magazine (UK) and pieces from the Yomiuri Shimbun and Gifu Shimbun (Japan).

In other news it's been a busy past couple of weeks...next month sees the launch of my new collaboration with the wonderful Helen Rochfort and I've been working on a really fun and colourful freelance project which I will update on soon!!!


Finally....I couldn't not mention this....but, today it was unleashed that Pat Butcher will be leaving Eastenders after about a million years....what a sad day....



Ahhhh life will never be the same without my style icon gracing our screens!!!
Love and Tropical Storms!!!
Emma
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Sleaze Magazine Berlin and Wanderlust...

OOOh Hiya!!!!
So Sleaze magazine in Berlin recently featured my work in an article all about knitwear in their current issue which you can see above!!! My project that I carried out in Japan, 'Colourful Creatures are Often Poisonous' ,gets in on the action with my garments which were produced using knitted, crocheted and woven handmade paper.
With all of these weird and wonderful adventures my work has taken me on over the past couple of years I've recently cracked out a spot of travel writing for Wanderlust. The pieces cover the notion of using art as an alternative way to travel as well as a bit all about my trip to the Hello Kitty cafe in Taiwan a few weeks ago!

If you fancy a peruse of these you can read them HERE and HERE!!!!!
That's about all for now....It's back to the sewing machine!
Love and Sparkles
Emma xxx

'INTER VIEW' with 2010LAB at Dortmund U!

Good Eveningggg!!!
I can't believe it's actually been a year since we cracked open the doors of 'Fish and Chips, Twice Please?!'...doesn't time fly?! Since closing said doors for the last time back in September it seems like only yesterday we were surrounded by chip forks in the realms of lovely Vienna.... so me and Polona recently were invited to chat with the guys at 2010LAB at the Dortmund U about 'Creativity's impact on Society' for their wonderful 'INTER VIEW' series! The feature is now live and you can read the full story HERE!!!!
While I'm on the topic of last year's extravaganza...I thought I would share some never seen before behind the scenes pictures of Team Fish and Chips in action and what goes on after hours!!!!

Anywayzzz that's all for now...I'm off to test out my awesome new carrot and bunny teapot....
Love and Sparkles,
Emma
xxx

Dream Shoe...

Hiya!
I wouldn't usually write about the fruits of a latest shopping trip but, I actually found my dream shoe so I felt this warranted a new blog post... I've been waiting for AGESSS for these beauties to finally hit the shelves and was straight out to buy them as soon as they unleashed! I'm super excited about them and they are now my new fave pair of shoes...they're made up of all my favourite colours, plus they make me tall and they are the closest to the shoe of my dreams that I could ever imagine!!! Apologies for the contrived photos with my nice crochet blanket as the backdrop...
These gems are from New Look's latest collaboration with students from London College of Fashion and these particular corkers are designed by Ruth Jones... I LOVE them and wish I could get away with wearing them EVERY DAY...although I don't know how well they would go down in Tescos...
Even little Tango approves...bet he wishes he had a matching mini pair...

In other news I made the mistake of doing a spot of hand sewing outdoors today in the GLORIOUS sunshine....only an hour in and I was burnt to a crisp. Yes it hurts.
Love and Dream Shoes!
Emma
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