Wish list: Downward dogs, birdie tiles, and shiny new silver cruets

Don’t mind the Downward Dog, try the Downward Lion with this very cool Misaki Kawai yoga mat, €25 from Tiger Stores, Patrick St and Mahon Point, Cork, www.tiger-stores.ie

Sat, 21 May, 2016 - 01:00

Esther N McCarthy

I’m loving this striped cushion — wouldn’t it be gorgeous on a plain white couch? It is from the summer range of homeware at H&M. €14.99 instore or look online at their Irish website www.2.hm.com/en_ie

The City of Cork often gets overshadowed by the county when it comes to subjects in paintings as artists gravitate towards rural scenes. So the Lavit Gallery asked 13 artists to respond to the subject of Cork City.

The resulting exhibition includes artists Don Anderson, Emer Kelly, and Edward Yen Sang.

The exhibition runs until June 7 and features work like this one, From Patrick’s Hill to Patrick’s Street, oil on board, 40x51cm, €850, by Anastasia O’Donoghue Healy.

Hensteethprints.com is an Irish online store offering affordable, contemporary art from a specially curated roster of Irish and international artists.

The majority of the artworks will be limited edition and commissioned exclusively for the online store. Case in point, Space Hand by Sophie De Vere, €60. Check out more of Sophie’s work on www.instagram.com/sophiedevere/

Internationally renowned silversmith, Cara Murphy, has created this glorious piece called Salt and Pepper, made from sterling silver and stone.

It’s 6cm in diameter and 17cm high. €2,300 and they are sold as a pair. Available through I am of Ireland www.iamofireland.ie

Cork artist Diana Skalkos studied ceramics, sculpture, and design at Kensington and Chelsea college and Westminster University, London. We love her colourful tiles — they are hand rolled and cut from wet clay referencing ancient Greek techniques.

Each one is hand painted with glaze and refired up to five times to achieve the depth of colour. Tiles are €38, available from Cork Craft and Design Shop, Douglas, The Lavit Gallery or from Diana on 087 9110673.