Crochet Sundays at The Poundshop

Thomas Harold Whitcombe, the latest of our wonderful interns, has stepped up to write a guest post for this week. Thomas is a Hackney based designer, hailing from Glastonbury, Somerset. A serial collector of vintage paraphernalia as well as a lover of real ales and pastel colours. Thomas has a passion and flair for typography and print, and is inspired by patterns found in nature.

I created the pseudonym Crochet Sundays following my graduation in Graphic Design & Typography, as a channel through which to share and explore a particular style of my illustration. This particular project, ‘Wild Lady Flowers’, are a series of hand drawn illustrations inspired by antique cigarette cards. This series features three different lady flowers with a description on the reverse placed in a printed brown envelope. Collect and watch your garden grow.

Crochet Sundays has been given the opportunity to sell ‘Wild Lady Flowers’ at The Poundshop at this years London Design Week. The Poundshop is a pop up shop with a difference, it’s a platform for designers to sell designer goods under the strict brief that the product is to be sold for no more than £1. It was founded by Illustrator Sara Melin who has joined with design collective Household to create this ultimate low cost, high quality shopping experience. The shop will open its doors during London Design Week in September, for more information visit The Poundshop website.