No need to call or email us, this is the last remaining Fijian Baby Zaishu and your purchase will raise much needed funds for Fiji’s Mali District School. This project was Art Directed by Kaz Brecher from Tribe Wanted, the hand painted Baby Zaishus feature traditional tribal art and are available exclusively from ReForm School in Los Angeles.You can read more about the project and previous donation here: http://www.tribewanted.com/users/259/blogs/2169
And read about the project in the latest issue of Dumbofeather: http://dumbofeather.com/
Zaishu's Matthew Butler has been taking photos since he bought a plastic Diana camera in a toy shop in 1978. After years of practice and graduating to a professional camera he is now working in Asia as a photographer, specialising in design, creativity and culture. His new website is www.matthewbutler.com
One week after we closed our screen printing studio Matthew was invited to Cambodia to teach sustainable design in remote villages. He couldn't find a reason to say no so literally a week later he found himself in a hot and sweaty tin shed in the middle of a rice field on the remote Cambodian / Vietnamese border. He worked with young men being trained to make bamboo furniture and arranged for textile weavers to learn how to naturally dye cotton using flowers and tree bark found locally in the villages.
Matthew has written an article about the Zaishu project he did in India a couple of years ago. The article is for Sangam, an Australia / India ethical design platform. sangamproject.net
We have a limited selection of screens available from our studio, these are the cutouts from making our slot-together Zaishu seat/tables. The artwork is from the Florence Broadhurst Library and by Spacecraft.
The last of our two dozen mini Zaishu panels were left in the creative hands of Stewart Russel at Spacecraft, dropped off by Matt on his way to the airport. Matt is now in Cambodia working on a photography project recording artists work spaces. If you would like to purchase one of these last baby Zaishu seats dash into Spacecraft.
Sublime – The First International Sustainable Lifestyle Magazine from the UK has featured a follow-up article on Zaishu.
Buy one of the last remaining Fijian Baby Zaishu for Christmas and your purchase will raise much needed funds for Fiji’s Mali District School. This project was Art Directed by Kaz Brecher from Tribe Wanted, the hand painted Baby Zaishus feature traditional tribal art and are available exclusively from ReForm School in Los Angeles. You can read more about the project and previous donation here: http://www.tribewanted.com/users/259/blogs/2169
And read about the project in the latest issue of Dumbofeather: http://dumbofeather.com/
10 - 60% OFF for one day only as part of the Abbotsford Convent Open Day festivities. Includes Zaishu seats & screens with Florence Broadhurst and Spacecraft prints.
Above: The Mercator Building.Below: The Convent Building
The Zaishu studio will be open as part of The Abbotsford Convent Open Day festivities with over 100 studio's open to the public. The precinct to be enlivened with art, music, food, coffee, wine and performance. You will find Zaishu in the Mercator Building, 1 St Heliers St Abbotsford Melbourne November 7, 10am - 4pm.
The last of our hand printed Zaishu seats/tables have been racing out the door. The last of our stock is available through our online shop. Sorry but we will not be producing any more of the hand printed designs that have sold out. Your welcome to join our mailing list and when we release new product designs you will be the first to know.
We are busy working on some new ideas and are no longer producing our hand-printed Zaishu seats, click here to shop online. Stay tuned for some exciting updates.
The new Watsons Bay Library in Sydney has 12 splendidly hand painted Zaishu seats for children's story time. 24 talented local artists interpreted the theme 'What Watsons Bay means to them' by painting boats, plants, marine life and the historic lighthouse. Local residents love the way functional design and public art have blended to create a reading space that relates to the local community and surroundings. Special thanks to Jo Jansen from Woollahra Council for organising the project, Miroma Bush Care Volunteers, Rogoff Art Studio, Vaucluse Public School and all of the artists.
We have sold out of all Baw Baw Daisy stock, the last 2 are available from Nicola Cerini online - but be quick!
Zaishu will exhibit a selection of work from various collaborative projects including Berlin, Stockholm, and Australia. This group show opens Friday 6 August 6pm to 8pm, exhibition dates August 4-28 2010. Gillian Grant Gallery, 1/b Stanley St Collingwood (just off Smith St). Image: Hanna Werning Stockholm
This is the last of our limited edition prints by Spacecraft - each panel has a stunning piece of artwork on each side. Available now from our online shop until sold out.
This table setting is a collaboration between Zaishu and Cone11 studios for the State of Design – Clean Lines exhibition at the Abbotsford Convent.
This is a sneak preview of the table setting we are working on in collaboration with Cone 11, come down for a glass of wine Friday night for the opening 6-8pm, Mercator Studios, Abbotsford Convent.
As part of the State of Design program the Mercator Studios at the Abbotsford Convent are staging a special collaborative exhibition titled Clean Lines responding to the idea of adaptive re-use and referencing the building’s history as an industrial laundry. We have teamed up with Cone11 the ceramic design studio downstairs to create a limited edition of table settings.Follow the clothes line leading from the entrance of the precinct through each studio to discover a diverse range of works including jewellery, glass, ceramics, furniture, lighting, printmaking and painting. While visiting the exhibitions, visitors will have the opportunity to meet the designers, learn about the development of the studios, and purchase work direct from the makers themselves.
Date: Friday 23 – Sunday 25 July, 2010 Time: Friday: 6.00pm – 8.00pm, Saturday & Sunday: 12noon – 4.00pm
You are welcome to come down next week-end to visit or make a
purchase in person, these are images of the stock we have available.
The Mercator Studios will be open 6-8pm Friday 23rd, 12-4pm Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th July.
We have recently closed down our print studio in Yamba and are now located in the Mercator Studios at the Abbotsford Convent. We are therefore no longer producing our hand printed Zaishu seats/tables. We still have a small selection of our limited editions available from our studio. We are open: 6-8pm Friday 23, 12 - 4pm Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 July.
Markit - in the Atrium at Fed Square was a great day - full of shoppers, designers, makers, tourists and onlookers.
This Sunday we are offering rare Zaishu seats/tables from our archives, they include hand printed patterns from Spacecraft and Florence Broadhurst. We have been saving these for 5 years and our new Abbotsford Convent studio is too small to store them any longer. If you would like to add to your Zaishu collection or have always wanted to own one visit us at the Federation Square Atrium this Sunday before we sell out for ever.