Ideal afternoon at Draughts London board games cafe with family

@draughtslondon

#boardgames #boardgamescafe #draughtslondon #dalston #london #boardgameslibrary #rainyday

Happy new year!

Xin nian kuai le! Gong xi fa cai! 新年快樂!

Great name for a Chinese restaurant – succinct and to the point: Rice Coming!

#chineserestaurant #chinesenewyear #chinatown #london #happynewyear #yearofthegoldrat #yearofthegoldmouse #2020

Snakes and ladders is a game about life and death and good and evil and fate and chances. All tied up with the throw of the dice. I like how these profound mysteries are incorporated into children’s (and adult’s!) games.

@pollockstoymuseum

#snakesandladders #lifeanddeath #goodandevil #fateandchance #dice #1001nightsphd #inspiration #vaishaliprazmari

Chess

Šach

Jeu des échecs

Шахматы

शतरंज

شطرنج

ჭადრაკი

棋

@pollockstoymuseum

#chess #šach #échecs #шахматы #शतरंज

#شطرنج #ჭადრაკი #棋 #inspiration #1001nightsphd #vaishaliprazmari #pollockstoymuseum

Going for gold

Willow window in progress

#gold #willowwindow #inxanadu #innxanadu #vaishaliprazmari #patrikprazmari #husbandandwifeteam #interior

My favourite room at Pollock’s Toy Museum London – the room filled with toy theatres. As a kid I was always making my own toy theatres – without puppets though as I was more interested in the scenery and the mechanics of changing scenes! Happy to share these with my child now. Toys are one of the few things the Victorians got right. Although debatable as toys were designed to keep kids occupied so adults didn’t have to entertain them (out of sight out of mind). However, I love the magic worlds within worlds these beautiful toy theatres contain; I am an adult that enjoys playing with toys together with kids still

#nevergrewup #peterpan #toytheatres #theatre #pollockstoymuseum #pollocks #toys #victoriantoys #london #1001nightsphd #inspiration #vaishaliprazmari #worldswithinworlds #theatreroom

Contemporary art afternoon tea inspired by Anthony Gormley in the Mirror Room at the Rosewood Hotel London

The process of decay of an apple is shown in terms of initial crisp textures becoming more mushy, eventually becoming compôte. Inspired by Anthony Gormley’s One Apple. And Matrix II, a ghost environment we all accept as our primary habitat and a critical dialogue with perception.

Also, I’m always happy to have blue tea – this one is from New Zealand.

@rosewood @rosewoodlondon @rosewoodhotel @artafternoontea

#artafternoontea #contemporaryart #anthonygormley #markperkinschef #rosewoodlondon #inspiration #tea

January sunshine battery

Sunlight through glass

Tropical warmth in Kew Gardens greenhouses

@kew @kewgardens

#ineededit #sunshine #wintersun #tropical #greenhouse #kew #kewgardens #sunshinebattery #happinessbattery #glass #warmth

Making own clouds: cloud generator at Wonderlab, Science Museum London. I have always wanted to do this and this cloud machine just does it for you, you just press! I have a fascination with anything indoors that’s supposed to be outdoors, eg mini trees indoors (bonsai), rain showers etc. So amazing – the whole of the Wonderlab is. Half of my own art is generated from my childhood or things related to childhood anyway so is a perfect afternoon for all @wonderlab @sciencemuseum

#beingakid #childhood #kidagain #bigkid #kidult #inspiration #cloudmachine #cloudgenerator #bringingtheoutdoorsin #science #sciencemuseum #wonderlab #london #fun

First circles

Circles within circles (stories within stories)

#toddlerart #buddhaboard #magicboard #magicbrush #magicink #themagicofpainting #waterpainting #nomessinroom #keepmessinstudio #firstfirsts #envelopingschema