CORNER BLOCK STUDIO | Card Frame
Regular price £16.00 Sale price £11.00 £11.00An adjustable hanging frame for displaying your treasured greeting cards.
Create ever evolving wall decor by framing artwork quickly and switching your display easily. It adjusts to display different sized greeting cards, post cards, photos and prints. Just slide the top timber piece up and down the cord.
Designed and crafted in Australia. Made from premium, sustainable timber, and 100% cotton cord.
HOW IT WORKS
It’s fast and simple use - just slide the top timber piece up and down the cotton cord and place your greeting card into the slot.
SIZE GUIDE
The Card Frame easily adjusts to suit a wide variety of greeting cards.
Ideal Card Size - the common card size of A6 (15cm x 10cm) in portrait (vertical) or landscape (horizontal).
Available in blonde Australian hardwood or raw pine
LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY | Issue 4 Italy Revisited
Regular price £18.00 £18.00At long last, the Italy edition is here!
Awash with Renaissance grandeur, Italy is a place of passion and beauty where more than a single city is eternal. Here every corner is steeped in history and the country’s artistic and culinary lineage calls to travellers old and new. Italy’s waterways and olive-dotted hills may be immediately recognisable, yet it constantly defies expectations - often in the most enchanting way possible.
CORNER BLOCK STUDIO | Pressi Frame for Prints/unhemmed textiles
Regular price £45.00 Sale price £27.00 £27.00An easy and beautiful way to frame your artwork. Simple to use with no magnets or tools required.
Ideal for prints, photos, posters, kid's art, and original art - on paper, card or unhemmed fabric up to 1mm thick.
Designed and crafted in Australia by Corner Block Studio in Meanjin, Queensland, they are made from premium and sustainable timber.
How it works
The artwork is gently clamped in each timber bar using a soft cotton cord. This securely holds the artwork, without damaging it.
The top and bottom 1cm of the artwork is covered by the timber.
The Pressi Frame suits paper or card up to 1mm thick (about 600 gsm card).
It also suits textiles if un-hemmed and with straight edges e.g. (linen, cloth, silk, canvas). For hemmed textiles see the tea towel frame.
Size Guide
Frame size and ideal artwork size:
(Tip - choose to suit the width of your artwork, the length can be anything.)
50 cm - to suit Clubbies Surf Life Saving Clubs Screen Prints or other similarly sized prints
For a different look, the artwork can also be narrower or wider than the timber bar - the timber or artwork will overhang accordingly.
Hanging Methods
Hidden (standard) - Hang from the 'keyhole' slot in the top timber bar onto a screw/nail/hook (not supplied) in your wall.
LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY | Issue 3 Australia (Revisited)
Regular price £18.00 £18.00Fall in love with Australia - story by story, again and again.
Featured Destinations: Mount Mulligan • Fraser Island • Kangaroo Island • Adelaide • Darwin • Alice Springs • Uluru • Ningaloo Reef • Wilpena Pound • Karijini National Park • Cape to Cape • Hobart • Scenic Rim Trail • Kimberley • Cradle Mountain • Port Fairy • Daylesford • Larapinta Trail
LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY | Issue 12 Switzerland
Regular price £18.00 £18.00Steeped in history, Switzerland is both lavish and refined - chocolate-box perfection guaranteed to surprise. It is a playground, refuge and wonderland. A hideaway and delight. And amongst these pages are hints of all it has to offer. There are tales of intrigue and adventure, romance and the sublime - of towns where time is kept and paused, cantons that charm, literary escapades, wilderness, trains and alpine fare that is very fine indeed.
Featuring Neuchâtel | Lausanne | Geneva | Gstaad | Mürren | Zürich | St. Gallen | Bad Ragaz | St. Moritz | Ascona | Lugano | Bern | Great St. Bernard Pass | Bürgenstock | Scuol | The Orient Express
LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY | Issue 16 Spain
Regular price £18.00 £18.00BACK IN STOCK LATE FEB. PRE-ORDER NOW!
An ode to slow travel, splendour and sun. Que viva España.
For this magazine, Lodestar's contributors have descended into caves in the name of cheese, gone in search of volcanoes, wandered ancient pilgrim paths, ridden horses into the sunset, been enthralled by architecture, cooked the way their grandparents did and penned odes to lace. They have explored places that come with meaning.
Some destinations are ‘home’, others are steeped in memory, and a few are being discovered for the very first time, the siren’s call impossible to resist. You can read this zest in their words and see the ardour in their images, because when someone creates with love and respect you feel it. You’re there with them. This is how you discover and are reacquainted with Spain - through the eyes of others.
Featured destinations: Ibiza, Tarifa, Oviedo, Toledo, Granada, Segovia, Seville, Valencia, Lanzarote, Montserrat, Formentera, San Sebastián, Santiago de Compostela
LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY Issue 11 | Portugal
Regular price £18.00 £18.00Here, there are island oases, pilgrimage trails, artisans and waves - azulejos and pastéis de nata - and one should feast on all that they can; climb mountains, sip Port, meander through markets, swim, savour and walk into wilderness. Layered in history, there is a sublime sense of melancholy - an awareness of the things that have passed, matched by awe of all that remains. Warmth, colour, tradition and light. In Portugal you have time, space and
GALISON | 500pc Enchanted Nutcracker Jigsaw Puzzle
Regular price £20.00 Sale price £16.00 £16.00The Enchanted Nutcracker 500 Piece Puzzle from Galison features a colorful whimsical illustration of the characters of this beloved holiday classic. Galison puzzles are packaged in matte-finish sturdy boxes, perfect for gifting, reuse, and storage.
- 500 pieces
- Box Size: 8” x 8” x 1.5”, 203 x 203 x 41 mm
- Puzzle Size: 20” x 20”, 508 x 508 mm
- Ribbon Cut Pieces
- Includes Insert with full puzzle image
LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY | Issue 10: India
Regular price £18.00 £18.00
India is changing. It is an impassioned, tumultuous wonderland that embraces visitors, reveres its past, disregards the status quo and offers all who journey there a brilliant, indelible, distinctive experience.
You may wander along sacred waterways, bathe in colour, appreciate the poetry of the everyday, celebrate a southern paradise, traverse the country by train, discover enduring, ancient cultures and cities at the cutting edge, grasp the complexity of tea and tradition, calm the mind, scale peaks, experiment with spices, encounter something wild, question your boundaries, live in the moment and seek out the unexpected. This is a place of craft, civility, history, culture, grace and grandeur. You will be overcome, consumed, saturated, lost in matchless moments, and left craving more.
Prefer a subscription to Lodestars. Contact us at info@forastudios.com and we'll set you up to get your new issues automatically.
About Lodestars
GALISON | Michael Storrings - Brooklyn Bridge 1000pc Jigsaw Puzzle
Regular price £18.00 Sale price £13.00 £13.00Michael Storrings creates Art that Celebrates. Whether on ornaments, home décor, or paper—through color, energy, and emotion—Michael’s work captures that special essence of seasons and cities.
Puzzle pieces are printed matte on one side and glossy on the other side for easy sorting. Galison puzzles are packaged in matte-finish sturdy boxes, perfect for gifting, reuse, and storage. An insert of the full puzzle image is also included.
It includes an insert with information about the artist and the amazing illustration. If you’re a fan of Michael Storrings’ artwork, you’re sure to love this puzzle. It’s the right level of challenge for older children or adults to complete over a long weekend or a few days’ time span.
Pull up a chair and sit together at the kitchen table, talking and laughing as you find the proper place for each puzzle piece. You’ll remember these quality moments for years to come.
Award-winning designer, illustrator, and creative director working in New York City, currently a creative director at St. Martin's Press. Michael is the author and illustrator of several books, including New York in Four Seasons.
Featuring a glorious illustration of Brooklyn Bridge. Not only is the image fantastic - but there is plenty in here for the avid puzzler to really get their teeth stuck into - with patterns and colours to keep you motivated, but at 1000 pieces, enough complexity to keep you hunting for the next piece!
Galison puzzles make an excellent gift for any puzzle lover—even if it’s for yourself!
Contains informational insert about artist and image
LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY | Issue 13 Mexico
Regular price £18.00 £18.00Mexico is beautiful. It is timeless, multilayered, mesmeric and utterly indefinable. Peruse these pages, dream of the faraway, ignite your wanderlust and prepare to fall in love.
Some featured destinations
Puebla
Mexico City
Oaxaca
Mérida
Tulum
Puerto Escondido
San Miguel de Allende
Guadalajara
San José del Cabo
Ensenada
Tecate
Tepoztlán
El Arenal
Isla Holbox
Teotitlán del Valle
Colima
Lacandón Jungle
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LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY | Issue 15 Greece
Regular price £18.00 £18.00This is a magazine about Greece - a celebration of her myths, mountains and glittering seas. It contains glimpses of island life and odes to olives, and lashings of wildflowers, ruins, wilderness and awe. A place of gods and romance, Greece has always offered multitudes - so soak up these pages and allow yourself to fall under her spell.
Some locations featured:
Zagori, Corfu, Messolonghi, Mykonos, Santorini, Syros, Kefalonia, Simi, Athens, Pelion, Rhodes, Ikaria, Andros, Kasos, Crete, The Mani, Halkidiki Eleusis
LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY | Issue 14 Wales
Regular price £18.00 £18.00
This is Lodestar's ode to Wales - a celebration of its soaring peaks and dazzling waters, its wilderness, song and lore. Venture here to walk in the footsteps of saints and ancient kings, and to explore landscapes - diverse, dramatic and sublime - destined to fill you with awe. You’ll cross paths with artists, poets and lavender farmers, feast on Welsh cakes and bara brith, wallow in the history, swim in the sea, hike hills, forage, revel and bask in the beauty. All the while knowing that here, there may well be dragons.
Featuring: Hay-on-Wye | Fforest | Pembrokeshire | Gower Peninsula | Wye Valley | Brecon Beacons | Snowdonia | Portmeirion | Farmers' Welsh Lavender | Dyfi Botanicals | Old Lands | Palé Hall | Llŷn Peninsula | Ynys Enlli | Skomer | Conwy
LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY | Issue 17 Ireland
Regular price £18.00 £18.00
Lodestar's Issue 17 is dedicated to the glorious island of Ireland.
A celebration of all that is enchanting, delicious and wild about the Island of Ireland - made by those who are already under its spell.
A few featured destinations: Connemara, Ring of Kerry, Waterford, Cork, The Burren, Dingle, Galway, Longford, Glendalough, Belfast, Mullaghmore, Adare, Dublin, Causeway Coast, Athlone, Aran Islands, Tory Island, Boyne Valley
LANTERN PRESS | DEATH VALLEY Lapel Pin
Regular price £9.00 £9.00It's in the valleys that we slog, learning to become what we need to become to summit the next mountain. Philosophy lesson aside, this DEATH VALLEY Sugar Skull lapel pin is ideal to evil up any boring shirt or jacket lapel, bag strap, backpack, beanie, or even your pure white tennis shoe.
Whether you use it because you've been to Nevada and just can't forget the serenity or just cos you love sugar skulls it's sure to be a talking point. So best to find out a little bit more about Death Valley National Park. In spite of its name, Death Valley National Park is full of stunning scenery. Check out the beautiful wildflowers here.
ONE HUNDRED STARS | Ancient Columns Bag in Pink
Regular price £37.00 Sale price £32.00 £32.00
The Ancient Columns print is inspired by classic French Toile De Jouy fabrics but with a twist. It features delicate sketches and detailed scenes of ancient Roman and Greek architecture.
This bag is just as versatile as it is beautiful. Whether it becomes your go-to reusable shopping bag, a classic tote for keeping your books in or a chic beach bag, this print is sure to turn heads!
100% Cotton, hand wash at 30ºc and cool iron only.
One size, 20" x 20" excluding handle, strap length 25”
ONE HUNDRED STARS | Deco Daisy Canvas Tote Bag Mauve
Regular price £37.00 Sale price £32.00 £32.00This wonderful vintage-inspired print has a timeless feel to it, featuring art deco-style flowers in delicate pastel colours on a black background.
This bag is just as versatile as it is beautiful. Whether it becomes your go-to reusable shopping bag, a classic tote for keeping your books in or a chic beach bag, this print is sure to turn heads!
100% Cotton, hand wash at 30ºc and cool iron only.
One size, 20" x 20" excluding handle, strap length 25”
CORNER BLOCK STUDIO | Pressi Frame A1 - A2 - A3 - A4 - 50cm
Regular price £27.00 £27.00An easy and beautiful way to frame your artwork. Simple to use with no magnets or tools required.
Ideal for prints, photos, posters, kid's art, and original art - on paper, card or unhemmed fabric up to 1mm thick.
Designed and crafted in Australia by Corner Block Studio in Meanjin, Queensland, they are made from premium, sustainable timber and 100% cotton cord.
How it works
The artwork is gently clamped in each timber bar using a soft cotton cord. This securely holds the artwork, without damaging it.
The top and bottom 1cm of the artwork is covered by the timber.
The Pressi Frame suits paper or card up to 1mm thick (about 600 gsm card).
It also suits textiles if un-hemmed and with straight edges e.g. (linen, cloth, silk, canvas). For hemmed textiles see the tea towel frame.
Size Guide
Frame size and ideal artwork size:
(Tip - choose to suit the width of your artwork, the length can be anything.)
A5-15cm wide - suits A5 portrait orientation or 5-6" wide artwork (Special order - Please contact info@forastudios.com if you would like to order this size)
A4-22cm wide - suits A4 portrait, A5 landscape, 8"-8.5" wide artwork.
A3-30cm wide - suits A3 portrait, A4 landscape, or 11" wide artwork.
A2-43cm wide - suits A2 portrait, A3 landscape, or 16" wide artwork (Special Order - please contact info@forastudios.com if you would like to order this size)
A1-62cm wide - suits A1 portrait, A2 landscape, or 24" wide artwork.
50 cm - to suit Clubbies Surf Life Saving Clubs Screen Prints
Custom - We can also supply made-to-order custom sizes. Please contact us via info@forastudios.com should you wish to place a special order and will provide you with a quotation.
The artwork can also be narrower or wider than the timber bar - the timber or artwork will overhang accordingly.
Hanging Methods
Hidden (standard) - Hang from the 'keyhole' slot in the top timber bar onto a screw/nail/hook (not supplied) in your wall.
Cotton Cord (add on) - Love the cotton cord triangle look? Add it on and hang from, well, anything! Add it on here
CORNER BLOCK STUDIO | Picture Harness
Regular price £16.00 £16.00The Harness is an adjustable wall-art hanger made from ethical textiles. Showcase the covers of your books, magazines and record jackets.
Made from vegan leather and 100% cotton cord.
Designed and made in Australia.
Adjusts to fit small and large books, magazines and record jackets - up to 31cm tall, 35cm wide and 5cm thick.
The Harness launched on Kickstarter in March 2021. Watch this video to learn all about this product and how it came to life.
LANTERN PRESS | GO UNPLUG Cotton Tote Bag
Regular price £22.00 Sale price £16.00 £16.00We all need to remind ourselves to switch off sometimes. - mobile phones, iPADs, Netflix, Zoom meetings. Don't we all deserve a digital break this summer?
With its deep gusset design, Lantern Press' cute GO UNPLUG retro camper print tote bag is ideal for those extra items of shopping at the village makers market or on that long weekend away.
Handy for a trip to a hotel, motel, glamping trip, or a true rewilding camping trip. Just throw it in the back of the car or as a spare in your suitcase and off you go.