CORNER BLOCK STUDIO | Card Frame
Regular price $43.00 $43.00An 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 $37.00 $37.00At 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.
DESIGNWORKS | Anderson Travel Planner
Regular price $33.00 $33.00Bring the wonder & aesthetic of these four beautiful cities to your spaces. In the words of Anderson Design Group, "We get dreamy-eyed when it comes to vintage poster design. There's something about that romantic, hand-illustrated style that strikes a chord in us, pushing us to explore and practice our crafts as graphic artists."
7.5" x 10.25" Sueded Paper Journal
Smyth Sewn Binding
Gold Foil Stamped Destination Artwork
Satin Ribbon Marker
Undated Planner Interior Pages
192 Pages with Soy Ink on Acid-Free Paper
CORNER BLOCK STUDIO | Pressi Frame for Prints/unhemmed textiles
Regular price $94.00 Sale price $57.00 $57.00An 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.
CANVAS & CASSETTE | Summer 2021
Regular price $43.00 Sale price $32.00 $32.00
Canvas and Cassette is a New York-based art journal that highlights art in its many forms, focusing on creative and inspiring individuals who are living their purpose through their work.
Designed and edited by Autumn Farina and featuring beautiful illustrations, studio visits, and insightful conversations with creatives, it's meant to motivate readers to follow their own passions and to create a supportive community that uplifts and provides resources to everyone.
At 196 pages, the Summer 2021 issue features guides to indoor plant care and navigating your local farmers market, a piece on dancer, writer, and multi-faceted artist Marlee Grace, and conversations with tarot reader + color magic practitioner Sarah Potter, clinical herbalist Sarah Corbett of Rowan and Sage, and Rollerflower, a Texas-based roller skater who shares fun skating videos to a growing community of followers on Instagram.
Canvas and Cassette is printed sustainably in the Hudson Valley, New York.
Please note: ex- display item
THE DISCO | Issue 2 Summer 2019
Regular price $32.00 Sale price $28.00 $28.00
The Dancing Queen issue celebrates ideas of youth and disco. This issue explores what it means to be a dancing queen through experiences of growing up and sexuality.
Issue #2 features the regular classic quizzes, music recommendations and DIY’s dedicated to the disco culture.
Featuring amazing powerful women Mia Williams (aka MadSeventies) and Florence Given.
The Disco #2 features:
POM POM Magazine | Summer 2021
Regular price $38.00 Sale price $31.00 $31.00Summer 2021: Like a Bird
Ex-display copy. Slightly worn
Swooping into Summer with knit and crochet patterns which will make your soul soar! For Issue 37, POM POM asked the designers to take their inspiration from the alluring textures and glorious colours of birds. These talented individuals have taken our cue and stretched their wings! Be impressed by imaginative interpretations of the bird theme as careful thought has gone into every aspect of these animals: from the shape of their footprints in snow to their sky formations. Within the pages of our Summer 2021 collection, you can expect nine patterns that are as elegant and dynamic as the airborne creatures they reference.
Featuring designs by: ALLISON LUTES // CARLIE OLFERT // CHLOE ELIZABETH BIRCH // KJERSTIN ROVETTA // KSENIA NAIDYON // SANDRA GUTIERREZ // SARI NORDLUND // VALERIE RACHEL
In addition to 9 knit and crochet patterns, a recipe, an article, and a tutorial are nested into the pages of PPQ37! Fiona Churchman will blow you away with her recipe for Feather Bread (a pandan coconut milk loaf) inspired by the treats she used to buy from London's Chinatown bakeries before lockdown!
Be sure to read Solène Le Roux's insightful musings on how birds and humans can adapt to their surroundings. And Nuria Casadella-Puigvert of GANXXET walks you through how to make colourful chains for your sunglasses and face masks for when you're out and about this summer!
LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY | Issue 3 Australia (Revisited)
Regular price $37.00 $37.00Fall 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 $37.00 $37.00Steeped 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 $37.00 $37.00BACK 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 $37.00 $37.00Here, 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
PADDYWAX | Library Candle - Shakespeare 70g
Regular price $17.00 $17.00
A delicately-scented candle that pays homage to the literary greats. Perfumes any room with a fragrance that evokes the spirit of the author for which is it named.
The Shakespeare tin features fragrance notes such as Papyrus, Palm and Eucalyptus and is Ideal as a gift for lovers of fine literature.
Paddywax is a brand started by one woman pouring candles in her kitchen. Find out more about Paddywax here.
Vol: 56g (2 oz)
Made in Vietnam
YOUR WILD BOOKS | Wild Imagination
Regular price $39.00 $39.00Our kids have something to teach us. Watch their ideas and creative nature unfurl with a little guidance from you and the inspiring WIld Imagination book from Your WIld Books.
Your Wild Imagination has captivated the hearts of children around the world since it was first published in 2019. The book is the first of a series of books in the Wild Child Books series by South Australian Brooke Davis.
WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT
Brooke Davis is the Founder and Director of Your Wild Imagination and Your Wild Books. Her work in helping children, parents, schools, communities all over Australia and now the world, find their wild child by re-discovering nature play activities is inspiring. Read more about Your Wild Books here in our BRANDS showcase.
Features
Book 1 in the Nature Craft Series.
Hours of nature play ideas in one handy book. Wild Imagination is the first book in the nature craft series. It is a beautiful, practical and easy-to-use nature activity guide for kids aged 2 - 10 years.
With this book, you'll always have an activity ready for outdoor play and you'll find ways to bring nature indoors - perfect for those times when you're stuck inside.
It makes a wonderful resource for parents and grandparents, early years and primary teachers and home schoolers seeking more nature play ideas.
Activities are open-ended, adaptable to suit your location, require minimal craft supplies and are inexpensive. There is a range of printables at the back of the book to extend the fun. Consider adding Paint Pens, Clay, a Whittling Knife or Fabric Bunting (available in our shop) to your book order, to get the most out of the crafts within the book.
Activities help boost creativity, problem-solving skills and persistence, while nature play improves fine motor skills, physical strength and coordination.
Inside the book you will find more than 20 nature play activities that are practical and easy to do, including:
🌿 Flower crowns
🌿 Fabric printing
🌿 Wood whittling
🌿 Pocket press
🌿 Stick people
🌿 Magic potions
🌿 Nature masks
LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY | Issue 10: India
Regular price $37.00 $37.00
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
LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY | Issue 13 Mexico
Regular price $37.00 $37.00Mexico 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 $37.00 $37.00This 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 $37.00 $37.00
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 $37.00 $37.00
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
CRANKED | Volume 25
Regular price $32.00 Sale price $28.00 $28.00ONE HUNDRED STARS | Headband in Giant Willow Blue
Regular price $33.00 $33.00One Hundred Stars Giant Willow Headband in Blue features the classic blue and white willow print which can often be found adorning vintage pottery
These headbands make a handy accessory to any outfit, whether you’re using them to keep your hair off the face in summer or when applying your skincare routine at home. The handy elasticated back means the sizing of these headbands is pretty universal, for more information see our size guide.
Please note in order to reduce waste in the manufacturing process 100 Stars headbands are made from the off-cuts from kimonos and gowns. This means each headband is a unique and one-off piece, so the one you purchase may be different from the one in our photographs.
Made of 50% Modal 50% Viscose Hand wash at 30ºc and cool iron only Do not tumble dry or machine wash
One Size, 54cm (Approx length) with an elasticated back
Designed in the UK. Sourced ethically from India
ONE HUNDRED STARS | Ancient Columns Bag in Pink
Regular price $76.00 Sale price $65.00 $65.00
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”