Hutchinson’s have been down the road from us since we started printing fabric way back in ‘08. We thought it would be nice to share it with them. We approached them with the samples & their response was overwhelming. They were so excited by it. We left them with a few props, a few cushions, lamp bases & shades, fabric drops & their in house window dresser worked his magic! We have it on good authority he used to be the window dresser for Harrods! We think he definitely has what it takes. When you put Home Base Collections together as a story it looks fantastic & makes us proud.

New improved Zizag lamp bases have been perfected and are ready to ship.

They are now one piece shafts and the the tall model is reinforced with a steel rod.

Zigzag small with Nature Nurture shade

Zigzag tall with Red Rata shade

Lights on

The story of the Zigzag lamp bases:

Brian’s father David Culy was a Tutor in Cabinet making in the 1950’s, and was himself a master craftsman.

Many a weekend was spent by Brian reluctantly working for his dad in the shed at home, manufacturing lamp bases to sell to places like Kirkcaldie & Stains in Wellington.

So it is ironic that today we have taken a prototype lamp base that brian’s fathers produced in the 1950’s and given it new life.

The original prototype was the Small zigzag table lamp, but by using the internal, proportional calculation of the nautilus shell, brian came up with the a stretched standard version.

So now we have the Zigzag small and the Zigzag tall. They are made from the most sustainable timber we could find , New Zealand renewable pine. turned and totally manufactured in NZ

For more information and prices of our Zigzag bases contact us.

Global Environment Series

New archival pigment prints available on Bamboo paper. Bamboo represents spirituality, naturalness and resource-saving paper production.  Limited editions of 80. Print size 520 x 720

‘The Heat Is On’

‘Sammy’

‘Mr & Mrs Robin’

New greeting cards produced from Leanne Culys oar paintings and printed in NZ

a walk on the wild side ….

on a beautiful Hawkes Bay winter weekend, we headed out with nature – our inspiration to capture light, textures and the colours of winter

pale peach hoki on coffee coloured hemp with rata and tutu

snuggle into one of Homebase Collections merino sheepskin peggy square wool rugs. Grown and made in NZ

beautiful merino sheepskin wool rugs – 1450 x 2000

extended family on the walk starring Homebase Collections fabric….

Billie Culy – model

Jacobina Culy – assistant styling / photography assistant

Leanne Culy – styling

Brian Culy – photography

Cushla Bower – makeup and hair design

Three new oar prints have been produced from Leanne’s last show at Black Barn Gallery.

These limited edition, life size reproductions are printed on beautiful photo rag paper.

“These are a few of my favorite oars from my show at Black Barn.

The first one is called ‘Treasure’ and the most prominent image is the White Heron (Kotuku) that is sacred to Maori.

The second oar is called ‘The Heat Is On’. I painted this oar out at the beach in Haumoana and it was extremely hot at the time. I was thinking about Global Warming . We know it is real but try to keep a positive outlook. We don’t do anything because we feel powerless to stop it or maybe we just live in hope. ‘The Heat Is On’ is about running out of time.

The last oar is called ‘Gay Thrush’. It is simply a true story of a gay man and his friendship with a bird. Graham, who has a spectacularly beautiful and humorous garden, has made friends with the Thrush who now eats with him, follows him about the garden and was very happy to pose for me.”

All photography: Brian Culy 027 446 4455