Dupenny’s ever so slightly risqué burlesque illustrations can now be found on a range of ceramics.
The Dupenny Burlesque Dinner Plates feature four designs, Scarlet, Gigi (against red backgrounds), Peaches and Ophelia (against teal backgrounds). The plates measure 26cm and cost £25 each, or you can buy a set of four, containing one of each design for£100. The same lovely ladies also appear on side plates (£20 each) or mugs (£12).
Visit the Dupenny website to view the whole range.
London’s transport is featured on plenty of things, but what of the North? Manchester has its own iconic transport in the old style orange bus that ran into the city, as is immortalised in this Manchester Bus Print.
The print is by Tea and Ceremony and features the 164 route which is the service that used to take the artist from their home into the city centre. The print is sold unframed but as it is A4 size it should be easy to frame yourself.
The Manchester Bus Print costs $18 (around £11.50) from Tea and Ceremony’s Etsy shop.
Moomin products are as popular now as they were when they were originally created in the 1950s, and whilst many fans of the originals have criticised the recent glut of products for being too commercial, some of the products retain the charm of the original illustrations.
A great example is the Moomin Adventure Jar, which features a Tove Jansson illustration from the 1954 book “Moominsummer Madness” from the Adventure series. The monochrome illustration shows Moomin with a house and forest scene in the background, which looks kind of spooky.
The jar measures 16cm high by 12cm diameter and costs just under £36 from SCP.
Regular readers should already be familiar with Reprodepot, sellers of vintage-inspired textiles. Sadly, their online store is closed at the moment, but you can console yourself instead with one of the Reprodepot Pattern Books.
There are two books to choose from, Floral or Folk, both containing 225 textile patterns and 10 ideas for paper craft projects including, invitations, greeting cards, decorations, placemats and gift wrap. A disk is supplied along with the book which contains the patterns so you can print them out to use for your creations.
Buy the Reprodepot books from Amazon, priced £10.99
Etsy seller Ninainvorm specialises in ceramics and is particularly fond of mid-century designs. Many of her products are vintage ceramics that she has updated with colourful, playful twists as is the case with her Folklore and Fun Plates.
Here she has taken vintage 1960s breakfast plates and added some brightly coloured circles, hearts and bunting to the existing pattern of people in traditional Dutch folk outfits. You can buy an individual plate for around £26 (although postage from the Netherlands will bump this price up considerably) or you can order a set of six plates to be customised for you, priced around £156. Alternatively, if you don’t mind a few imperfections, there are also some “seconds” for sale, where the printing hasn’t come out quite right, priced just under £19.
Visit Ninainvorm’s Etsy shop to order.
Scrabble has been around since the 1930s so the design of its tiles are now instantly recognisable and has been finding its way onto an increasing number of products, the latest of which being this set of Scrabble Espresso Cups.
The set consists of four cups which together spell out the word CAFE. Each letter has its Scrabble points value printed below it and the off-white colour of the china is a good match for the classic tile design.
The set costs £24.95 from Graham and Green.
