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Wren

http://www.thewrendesign.com

I’m a surface designer by paper (aka textile designer or graphic artist) from Cape Town, South Africa, but I absolutely adore ALL kinds of clever, beautiful and simple designs and concepts. This blog is the Wren journal (a very special hand-made South African bag label), my inspiration scrap-book and occasionally I write a bit about myself.

Added on: Mar 27th, 2008
Country: South Africa
Language: English

Author: Wendren
Listed in: Arts Crafts
Tags: africa design Creative bags fabric ets

Recent Posts

Green stars, paper rolls and brown books

Posted on Monday December 7th, 2009 at 00:02 in metal, library, cape town, paper rolls, honeycomb, interesting finds, book shelf, mowbray, green stars, hand bound books, directorate of mapping and survey, giant honey comb

These metal drawers remind me of my wooden library ones. I wonder what their original purpose was. I love the green stars. Packed high up to the ceiling were these cardboard rolls. From far they looked like a giant honey comb. The book shelves that...
Map Archives

Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 08:41 in maps, cape town, room, archival, interesting finds, mowbray, architecture drawers, chief directorate of mapping and survey

One of my favourite things about my ‘job’ (in inverted commas becuase Wren isn’t really a job), is finding new places that I would probably otherwise never have known about. The Chief Directorate of Mapping and Survey in Woodstock ...
MOvember November Moustache Wax

Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 00:35 in etsy, interesting finds, movember, mans face stuff

‘MOvember’ has just finished and boy but were there were moustache’s all over the place. ‘Movember‘ is an annual, month-long celebration of the moustache, highlighting men’s health issues. If only I have found this &#...
Photographing in the car port

Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 00:32 in wren

My neighbours must think I am mad. If I had a neighbour like me, I would. This is a photograph of me taking photographs (using the remote with the camera on a tripod) of my bags in the car port with the washing on one side, the canoes stacked behind...
The Purple Cow

Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 22:20 in wren

Memory, our family char, is currently in Zimbabwe collecting lobola. She is getting a cow for her daughter. Gift, her husband, is thrilled but Memory is far from impressed with only one cow. When the Merry Go Round topic came up this is the story tha...
{Antique Linen & Leather Bags} made up

Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 23:59 in linen, wren, antique grain sack, antique linen and leather bags

The newly arrived antique grain sacks have been made up into Antique Linen & Leather Bags and I cannot pretend that I do not have a favourite. I tried something different and used the suede side of the nappa leather for one. I did not know if it...