Guess how old this design is...

Guess how old this design is...

Well, amazingly enough, the little buck I used in repeat for my Multibuck design is over 2000 years old, and comes from a cave painting in the Cederberg region of the Western Cape.

My cartographer friend, Peter Slingsby, knows all about this region's topography, history and art, and has published books on all of these topics. He's also the person who lovingly traced the image from a photo of the painting on rock and kindly allowed me to use it in my design.

These two Multibuck cushions are now for sale in my Etsy shop, and Pete's books are for sale online at Mapshop, as well as in bookstores all over South Africa.

Heartworks at the Expo

Heartworks at the Expo

I made some designs based on Fynbos flowers that the amazing embroiderers at Heartworks have put onto cushions. Here they are at the Heartworks stand at the Design Indaba Expo, which ended last night.

Just in front of the lower cushion, you can also see some wall decals I've made using some of my paper cutout designs. I'll get them into my Etsy shop soon, promise!

I've been covering the Expo for the Elle Decoration SA blog, and now I'm off to the Design Indaba conference for the next three days. Inspiration overload, here we come!