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Some Recent Press…

Macleod — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:18:19 +0000

Couple of pieces of rather nice press Coulson Macleod has recently received for our much loved typographic art…

Country Homes & Interiors (October 2011 issue) featuring our ‘Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind’ handmade print. The panelled backboard is made from reclaimed wood, which is then hand-painted and over-printed with distressed image and typography.

Hitched (Autumn 2011 issue) featuring our ‘I Love You’ handmade print with a solid oak frame and ‘Solid Like A Rock’ print on solid limestone.

Here’s To Your Good Health

Macleod — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:05:05 +0000

Natural reclaimed materials. Check. Typography. Check. Handmade. Check. Vintage feel. Check. Oh, so very Coulson Macleod.

Introducing Coulson Macleod’s Curio Collection, inspired by old pharmaceutical adverts.

For this new vintage art collection, we’ve used hessian, a coarse woven fabric made from the vegetable fibre, jute. We’ve wrapped the hessian around a block measuring 35cm x 35cm just so you know and printed the artwork onto the fabric. Then we’ve mounted this hessian print onto a handmade frame made from gorgeous reclaimed wood (Victorian roof timbers to be exact). The inside of the frame is hand-painted white.

This artwork has an unlimited print quantity.

We’ve attached a hanging mechanism to the rear of the frame so it’s ready for you to hang on your wall.

And just in case you were thinking that the wood looked a bit, well, vintage. Yep! That’s the way we like it. 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 artwork is totally unique.

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Gifts. Presents. Tokens Of Affection.

Macleod — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:43:13 +0000

Introducing our latest creations and six perfect little gifts. Guess what we’ve called this collection?

The Gift Collection. Obviously!

A solid square of gorgeous reclaimed wood. Hand-painted white. Then over-printed with distressed typography. The artwork is packed in a natural jute hessian material and presented in a Coulson Macleod–branded gift box made from recycled cardboard.

The artwork dimensions are 21cm x 21cm x 2cm and the Gift Box measures 26cm x 26cm x 3.5cm.

The reclaimed wood is cut and sanded by hand before being painted. We retain any defects in the salvaged timber to add to the charm and character of the piece. And they are full of character. These can include knot holes, nail holes, warps and water marks, so each artwork is totally unique.

Now you never need worry about what to buy someone.

Winter Trees: Norwegian Style

Macleod — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 10:23:32 +0000

Just stumbled across this gorgeous Norwegian blog. Jill lives in Bergen, and although she’s not an interior designer, her home, like her blog, is so beautifully styled. And Jill’s lovely husband gave her one of our ‘Winter Tree’ prints for Christmas. Doesn’t it look happy in its new home?

The vintage-style print is ‘Thick Blows My Frosty Breath Abroad’ (pictured below)…

And just check out Jill’s New Year’s Eve table…

Win A Coulson Macleod Print On Design Refuge

Macleod — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:24:11 +0000

We’ve just been approached by Design Refuge to see if we’d be interested in giving one of our typographic prints as a first prize in their competition. Of course we’re interested!

This is a huge honour. Design Refuge is the largest meeting place online for interior design bloggers. Their members comprise the very best bloggers in the design world. The superstars of design blogdom. Our heros. Members include {this is glamourous}, coco&kelley, Bright.Bazaar, Lobster and Swan, Made by Girl, Nick Olsen, and sfgirlbybay.

To win a Coulson Macleod print, Design Refuge members have been given the challenge to describe their style aesthetic.

Members of Design Refuge come from all over the world including Greece, Norway, USA, Canada, Russia, Sweden, UK, Australia, Montenegro, Finland, Serbia, Belgium, Netherlands, Malaysia, France, Thailand, Ireland, Denmark, Israel, and Spain.

We’ll let you know who wins and what typographic print they choose.

Kingdom Of Rust

Macleod — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:32:38 +0000

Introducing our latest typographic art collection…

From Coulson Macleod’s Rust Collection

We had a lot of fun creating this collection. The steel sheets are naturally weather-rusted. Basically we left them outside. And watched them turn a gorgeous rust brown. As said so beautifully by Doves “My god. It takes an ocean of trust. In the Kingdom of Rust.”

The metal is then over-printed with relief-printed typography and then mounted into a handmade reclaimed wood frame. Once again we use antique Victorian roof timbers.

By using reclaimed wood and rusted metal (the rusting on the steel is completely unpredictable) means each artwork is totally unique.

Now this looks like something you’d find in a junk shop. And covet.

Coulson Macleod Creates Far More Than Words

Macleod — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 09:57:40 +0000

Our latest typographic collection ‘Words’ is now available to buy online at Coulson Macleod.

Coulson Macleod’s oak-framed typographic art. £125

Our ‘Words’ collection is made in the exactly same way as our hugely popular ‘Love’ collection. Gorgeous chunky handmade prints. But only half the size, just 29cm x 29cm x 8cm.

We’ve kept the lovely vintage-style, with a rough-sawn solid oak frame surrounding a white-washed oak panel printed with distressed typography. All handmade with love in the UK.

Our ‘Words’ collection is unlimited in print quantity.

For anyone interested in knowing just what goes into a Coulson Macleod wooden art piece… the oak panel is cut and sanded by hand before being covered with a coat of diluted white lacquer wash to fill the grain, and then sanded and re-washed with the lacquer a second time. The panel is then over-printed with UV ink. The mitred frame is handmade using rough-sawn solid oak with a shadow rebate on the groove. We purposefully retain any defects in the oak to add to the charm and character of the piece. These can include knot holes, warps and water marks, so each frame is totally unique. The printed panel is then encased into the frame which is then glued and pinned, ready for hanging.

Inspired by a customer who wanted a ‘Love’ print, but just half the size. And we loved it so much, we just had to create some more. Let us know if you like them!

Coulson Macleod Goes All Wintry

Macleod — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:04:57 +0000

Our latest collection, ‘Winter Trees’ is now online to buy at Coulson Macleod

‘Thick Blows My Frosty Breath Abroad’

‘Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind’

‘The Roar of Trees and Crack of Branches’

‘Freeze, Freeze Thou Bitter Sky’

We’ve handmade the frame and panelled backboard from reclaimed antique Victorian roof timbers, the same timbers that we use for our ‘Zodiac’ frames, because they are just so gorgeous. The planks all vary in size, so no piece is identical.

We then hand paint the boards and over-print it with distressed image and typography.

‘Winter Trees’ is unlimited in print quantity.

Coulson Macleod’s Vintage Find

Macleod — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:23:22 +0000

Very excited over our new purchase and thought I’d share it with you. We were rummaging in a junk shop yesterday and came across this vintage bottle crate…

This bottle crate is from Arnold, Perrett & Co. Ltd, a brewery in Gloucestershire that was founded in 1820. Arnold, Perrett & Co. ceased brewing in 1924. The site is now used by Wickwar Brewery.

Not sure how old this crate is, but it doesn’t date to any earlier than 1887 (that’s when the company changed its name to the version on the crate).

The best thing about our new crate is that the supermarket plastic herb pots fit exactly into the bottle slots. I’m off to buy 11 more tubs of mint for a fantastic window planter.