Inter­est­ing art­icle in the busi­ness sec­tion of the Sunday Tele­graph. Headline…

‘Made In UK’ at John Lewis

John Lewis is to launch a ‘buy Brit­ish’ cam­paign in its stores and mark all products sourced in the UK with a Union Jack. They are doing it because they believe busi­nesses should be sup­port­ing UK manufacturing.

And so do we at Coulson Macleod. Obvi­ously the design of both the art­work and the frames are done by us at Coulson Macleod. So the entire piece is unique to us. That is very import­ant. All of our typo­graphic prints are made in the UK. In fact we source not just UK-based busi­nesses, but busi­nesses as local to us as possible.

At the moment we use six busi­nesses in a twenty mile radius to us and two more that are a little fur­ther afield. Most of these are small artisan firms, spe­cial­ising in their craft whether it be high-end bespoke car­pentry or reclaimed wood or Fine Art Guild fram­ing. Most are in our own county of Northamptonshire.

We could buy in bulk from China. Which would bring the cost down. But we value crafts­man­ship. And we value the idea of sup­port­ing our region.

In our own small way we are mak­ing a dif­fer­ence. And that feels good.

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Do you have a favour­ite Brit­ish dish? If so, what is it?

Well we’ve opted for three clas­sics for our latest lime­stone art col­lec­tion ‘Made In Britain’…

Our ‘Made In Bri­tain’ Col­lec­tion fea­tures dis­tressed typo­graphy and a Union Jack flag prin­ted onto solid limestone.

As the base for the art­work we’ve chosen a nat­ural lime­stone with a warm, creamy col­our and soft white under­tones. This has been given a tumbled fin­ish (this is a pro­cess by which stone is tumbled or vibrated with smal­ler abras­ives to pro­duce an aged appear­ance) which res­ults in a rough and pit­ted sur­face with broken, roun­ded edges and corners.

The stone tab­let is then over­prin­ted with dis­tressed typo­graphy, which fol­lows the con­tours of the pit­ted stone to give a lovely touchy-feely piece of artwork.

Made In Bri­tain can be pur­chased unframed and looks great lean­ing on a book­case or mantle, or it can be framed to hang on a wall.

The frame is hand­made using reclaimed antique Vic­torian roof tim­bers. We pur­pose­fully retain any defects in the tim­ber to add to the charm and char­ac­ter of the piece. These can include knot holes, nail holes, warps and water marks, so each frame is totally unique.

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If there was any day to pro­mote our Union Jack typo­graphic art, then it def­in­itely is today.

‘Rule Brit­an­nia’ is a huge can­vas (76.2cm x 117cm x 4.5cm) — a funky typo­graphic twist on the Brit­ish flag. Here’s to being patriotic.

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Coulson Macleod’s latest col­lec­tion of lim­ited edi­tion prints… Calm Britannia

Dis­tressed Union Jack flags prin­ted onto nat­ural, coarse-weave, unbleached linen and then encased in a chunky sand­wich of reclaimed wood.

Three dif­fer­ent quotes.

Each print costs £169.

The frames are all hand­made using reclaimed antique Vic­torian roof tim­bers. We’re totally lov­ing all the nat­ural defects in the tim­ber too, they just ooze charm and char­ac­ter. Bring on the knot holes, nail holes, warps, and water marks!

We’ve fallen head-over-heels in love with these prints. So unique. And we par­tic­u­larly enjoy see­ing the linen slightly waft when you open a door!