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Françoise
Cogan has been
SU PP L I E S at the helm of
Librairie de
BRIONY MARSHALL SCULPTOR AND INSTALLATION Chapple (russellandchapple.co.uk), also in central Camée (librairie
ARTIST WHOSE WORK IS INSPIRED BY SCIENCE. MEMBER London, for the French linens I paint on. They are ducamee.com)
OF THE ROYAL BRITISH SOCIETY OF SCULPTORS extremely accommodating, even of vegetarian at 70 rue
John Purcell (johnpurcell.net) is an amazing paper artists – sizing everything for me with a synthetic St André des
merchant in south London. The first time I went equivalent to the traditional rabbit skin glue prep-
in, I thought I’d gone in the back door by accident aration. For etching supplies, I go to Intaglio Arts since 1986.
as you just wander straight into a warehouse full to (intaglioprintmaker.com) in Southwark, which has This tiny
the ceiling with shelves of paper. Alec Tiranti the widest range of tools and Japanese papers. bookstore is
(tiranti.co.uk) on Warren Street, NW1, supplies barely able to
my sculpture tools and materials. Going there is an EMMA HAWORTH ARTIST accommodate
exercise in restraint as there is far too much temp- I use Dr Ph Martin’s watercolours (docmartins. more than two
tation. Milani’s (milaniutensili.it) is the Italian com). They are bright and clear, and come in little clients at a
counterpart to Tiranti’s; the beautifully hand- bottles with pipettes that are lovely in themselves.
crafted tools are made in a small factory in the time. It is the
marble hills above Pietrasanta in Tuscany. HOWARD HODGKIN ARTIST best-stocked
I paint in oils on wooden panels – sometimes found, source for
KATE MALONE CERAMICIST INSPIRED BY THE NATURAL otherwise manufactured by Dufaylite (dufaylite. documentation
WORLD. SHE IS KNOWN FOR HER VIBRANT GLAZES AND com). The oil paints come from Michael Harding on the decorative
OFTEN WORKS WITH CRYSTALLINE SURFACES (michaelharding.co.uk), my colourman. My acry- arts in Paris.

I go to Dalston Mill (dalstonmillfabrics.co.uk) lics come from L Cornelissen & Son (cornelissen.
hidden in east London’s Ridley Road Market for com) on Great Russell Street, WC1, and sometimes SH E I L A
traditional haberdashery and fabrics. Like the I get oil crayons from Sennelier (sennelier.fr), HIC K S
wardrobe in Narnia, there is a narrow entrance which is a very good excuse for going to Paris.
from the street that opens in to a room lined with Tex ti le
wools, tweeds and rolls of fabric that seem to have BARBARA MACFARLANE ARTIST WHO PLAYS WITH ar ti st
been there for decades. PERSPECTIVE IN HER INTERPRETATIONS OF CITIES
I work in watercolour, ink and oils on Khadi paper
ANJ SMITH CREATES METICULOUS AND OFTEN EERIE (khadi.com) – rugged, handmade paper from
PORTRAITS AND LANDSCAPES ON A SMALL SCALE India, full of character with a strong physical
My favourite haunt for paint is L Cornelissen & Son presence. Khadi has an amazing range. As well as
(cornelissen.com) in London. The tiny Dickensian cotton rag paper from South India, it also sells
treasure trove has extremely knowledgeable staff, Islamic hemp papers dyed with natural indigo or
who often identify paint for me from virtually pomegranate. One is coloured with the pigment
illegible paint-splattered labels. I go to Russell & from lapis lazuli from remote valleys in Bhutan.

DI S P L AY

BRIONY MARSHALL SCULPTOR gallery walls. And for hardware, our local Leyland
Belton Slade (toolbankexpress.com/shop/beltonand (leylandsdm.co.uk) tends to have everything we need.
slade) in Wandsworth is a proper old-fashioned hardware
shop. They can help with all sorts of strange requests. I KATE MALONE CERAMICIST
might go in with a strange small bolt and they’ll find I call Oval Workshop (ovalworkshop.co.uk) in south

me a replacement and charge me 12p. Dechardom London whenever I need bespoke metal or wood plinths,

(020-7228 1755) is a family-run timber merchants near shelves or fittings. They are always wonderful quality.
Clapham Junction. It makes bespoke plinths with lovely
bevelled edges. I recently discovered that the name stands BOUKE DE VRIES CONSERVATOR AND ARTIST WHO CREATES
for ‘Decorating, Hardware & Domestic’! SCULPTURAL PIECES FROM BROKEN ANTIQUE CERAMICS
For years, I searched for somewhere that could make
SAM PRATT CO-FOUNDER OF GALLERY FUMI Perspex display cases and mounts to my specifications. I
For metal work we use Joe Buckingham (thegentleman managed to scrape together what I needed from various
blacksmith.com). He’s reliable, polite and has produced different sources, only to discover that Denny Plastics
excellent bespoke display cases for Gallery Fumi. (dennyplastics.co.uk) was a short walk from my home in

We use Farrow & Ball (farrow-ball.com) paint for the west London. I haven’t gone anywhere else since.

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