OUR BLOG
Paper and colour specialist James Cropper offers bespoke services and plastic-free packaging
30th April 2019
At thetinkan we do our very best to be as eco friendly as possible. We will continue to develop and improve our business practices thus reducing our waste and impact on the environment to a minimum wherever reasonably possible. James Cropper is Europe’s leading coloured and specialist paper mill and…
The story of our Flower Splash cushions
26th April 2019
'A splash of digital paint added to the traced image of a country garden photo'
How Walter De Maria turned the Earth into an art work.
22nd April 2019
Read the full article on Dazed here.
One photograph from a snowy day that inspired a design.
21st April 2019
Tea was the inspiration for our luxury printed Afternoon Tea cushions which are available in 45cm and 50cm sizes, piped and unpiped and available with a selection of high quality cushion inner pads. Full range here.Along with the cushions are generously sized Travel Beauty Wash BagsFull range can be seen here.From that…
The beauty of TED
15th April 2019
TED (which stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design) is famous for turning 17-minute talks into viral videos.Very interesting article here from the BBC site regarding the influence of ideas and innovation from TED.
"There's a Poem For That"
15th April 2019
We love poetry ♥ If you like poetry and animation TED have a brilliant series available called "There's a Poem For That," which features animated interpretations of poems.The most recent in the series is called "First Kiss," written by Tim Seibles First KissHer mouthfell into my mouthlike a summer snow, like a5th…
Plop! Did you hear that?
15th April 2019
'Plop! Let ideas drip through your head.' Do you have days or times when you sit there and let your mind wander? These are the creative times. Let the ideas drip through your head.
End up where you want to be.
15th April 2019
End up where you want to be. Where do you want to be? Set yourself a goal or an aim and focus on that. This is today's design for social media with the image created by Clarrie-Anne.
'Creating art while lying in bed'
15th April 2019
'Creating art while lying in bed' We love creating at every opportunity so here is a quick piece put together using software on a Samsung Note 9. Technology is amazing and will only ever get better and the days of any snobbiness of how art is created should be banished forever.
Life is full of your creativity.
12th April 2019
Life is full of your creativity. Everyday we create an image with thoughts, or poetry or perhaps some art or photography and this is shared on our social media accounts. More often than not, Nick thinks of the words or phrase and Clarrie-Anne then creates an image allowing her imagination…
