POP UP AT MORTIMER STREET
We've been on our travels and brought back some lovely things from around the world and we don't think you will find them anywhere else in town.
All the 'pop-up' gifts are hand crafted and of limited availability, and they are all under fifty pounds - so treat yourself or a loved one.
From Milan, there's a collection of table-ware in translucent plastics in a variety of colours (purple, orange, fluo-pink, to name a few). A set of eight small bowls is £18. A place setting of cutlery £15. The ’Bye-Bye fly’ swats are £8.
From Istanbul, sets of six oil soaps in cute wood boxes are £15; hand-felted gaily coloured balls, each with a unique pattern, are £8; 'whirling dervish' spinning decorations in oxide red or black, powered by night-light candles £25; patch-work kilim cushion covers £25, felt animal cushions are £35.
From Marrakesh there are pewter and glass lantern at £20 each; wonderful, unique, upcycled handbags made using plastic flour sacks, lined in wicker and with leather handles, each £35; photo frames from upcycled oil drums in blues from £25 and primitive guinea-fowl sculptures in painted wood from £15.
POP IN AT MORTIMER STREET
Opening times: 10am - 6pm Mon to Fri. 10 am - 8 pm Thurs. 12pm - 5 pm Sun
Ticket information: free event
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