tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58683951694958644412008-01-08T02:02:02.835-08:00Shaun CastleBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868395169495864441.post-22895153174766868302007-01-26T01:44:00.000-08:002007-02-16T05:29:32.800-08:00<div class="image_left_2col_wrapper"><div class="image_left_2col"><a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('http://www.castlethestore.com/blog-images/boudicca-debut-l.jpg','','width=400,height=600')"><img src="http://www.castlethestore.com/blog-images/boudicca-debut-s.jpg" alt="Boudicca Paris Haute Couture" /><img src="http://www.lakesandcountry.co.uk/blog/image/enlarge2.gif" /></a></div><div class="quote-wrapper"><div class="quote"><span class="quote">&#8220;Ready to wear is like skin and couture is the whole piece, how it touches you and the outside&#8221;</span><br /><br /><span class="quote-author">- Zowie Broach</span></div></div><div class="clear"></div></div><span class="bodytext">January 26 marked the arrival of BOUDICCA to Paris haute couture, only the fifth British fashion house admitted to the hallowed Chambre Syndicale. Showing in the once-opulent Romanian Embassy, BOUDICCA presented 11 pieces including a beautiful long column dress in silver with swing of mink.<br /><br />The designs, each made to order, cost between £5,000 and £10,000.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.castlethestore.com/blog-images/style-com-images.jpg" alt="Boudicca Paris Haute Couture at Style.com" /><br /><a href="http://www.style.com/trends/news/editorial/news/data/style_news/012607.xml" target="_blank">&gt; View all couture pieces at Style.com</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.castlethestore.com/contact.htm">&gt; Contact us for private order</a></span>Shaun Castletag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868395169495864441.post-36516348486506555292007-01-15T05:15:00.000-08:002007-02-13T02:26:20.304-08:00<div class="image_left"><img src="http://www.castlethestore.com/blogimages/boudicca_05b.jpg" alt="Boudicca fashion by private order" /></div><br /><span class="bodytext">CASTLE. has been selling BOUDICCA collection pieces since 2005 to private clientele. In 2007, we are continuing to develop our relationship with our private clients and the studio at BOUDICCA. By private order, clients have an intimate buying experience where for the most part each piece is made by hand. CASTLE. works around each clients exact requirement with an intimate attention to detail. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.castlethestore.com/contact.htm">&gt; Contact us for Private Order</a><br /><a href="http://www.platform13.com" target="_blank">&gt; Latest collection</a></span>Shaun Castletag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868395169495864441.post-55508090461589153602007-01-14T01:58:00.000-08:002007-02-13T02:33:17.447-08:00<div class="image_left_2col_wrapper"><div class="image_left_2col"><a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('http://www.castle-editions.com/editions/large_files/dolphin_boudicca/edition1.gif','','width=550,height=700')"><img src="http://www.castlethestore.com/blog-images/edition1s.gif" alt="Boudicca Animate Editions. Limited edition prints by Graham Dolphin available through Castle Editions" /><img src="http://www.castlethestore.com/blog-images/enlarge2.gif" /></a></div><div class="quote-wrapper"><div class="quote">&#8220;A BOMBARDMENT OF LINE, SILHOUETTE AND TEXTURE THAT BEAUTIFULLY BLURS ALL THOSE EDGES INTO ONE OBSESSIVE RECORDING OF ONE COLLECTION. A MODERN OVERLOAD; GRAHAM'S STYLE SEEMED TO FIT PERFECTLY WITH THAT PART OF OUR WORLD&#8221;<br /><br /><span class="quote-author">Zowie Broach / Brian Kirkby<br />BOUDICCA</span><br /><br /><span class="quote-info"><strong>Edition 1: BOUDICCA Animate Collected (2005)</strong><br />Edition of 200 <br />Soft ground etching on 300gsm Arches<br />Signed, dated and numbered by the artist and BOUDICCA<br />Sheet size 52 x 64 cm. Plate size 30 x 42 cm<br />£250.00 Unframed<br /></span></div></div><div class="clear20pxhigh"></div><div class="image_left_2col"><a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('http://www.castle-editions.com/editions/large_files/dolphin_boudicca/edition2.gif','','width=550,height=700')"><img src="http://www.castlethestore.com/blog-images/edition2s.gif" alt="Boudicca Animate Editions. Limited edition prints by Graham Dolphin available through Castle Editions"/><img src="http://www.castlethestore.com/blog-images/enlarge2.gif" /></a></div><div class="quote-wrapper"><div class="quote">&#8220;THERE IS GREAT BEAUTY FROM THE MACHINE IN THE IMAGE&#8221;<br /><br /><span class="quote-author">Zowie Broach / Brian Kirkby<br />BOUDICCA</span><br /><br /><span class="quote-info"><strong>Edition 2: BOUDICCA Animate Exploded (2005)</strong><br />Edition of 200 <br />3 colour soft ground etching on 300gsm Hahnemuhle<br />Signed, dated and numbered by the artist and BOUDICCA<br />Sheet size 52 x 64 cm. Plate size 30 x 42 cm<br />£250.00 Unframed<br /></span></div></div><div class="clear"></div></div><span class="bodytext">CASTLE EDITIONS have a number of prints remaining in the BOUDICCA Animate series published in 2005. The series was a contemporary take on early nineteenth century fashion plates using etching as the medium. A series of five editions were published, including a sound art edition, with artist <a href="http://www.grahamdolphin.co.uk" target="_blank">Graham Dolphin</a> exploring the now iconic A/W:05 collection through his trademark composite line. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.castle-editions.com/editions/editions_dolphin.htm" target="_blank">> View editions</a><br /><a href="http://www.castle-editions.com/events/boudicca_editions_risley.htm" target="_blank">> View exhibition at David Risley Gallery, Aug 05</a><br /><a href="http://www.castle-editions.com/events/boudicca_editions_england.htm" target="_blank">> View exhibition at England & Co, Aug 05</a><br /><a href="http://www.castle-editions.com/process_info/workinprogress.htm" target="_blank">> View making of editions at Thumbprint, June 05</a><br /><!--<a href="" target="_blank">> View animation of edition 2</a>--><br /><a href="http://www.castlethestore.com/contact.htm">> Purchase an edition by Private Order</a></span>Shaun Castletag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868395169495864441.post-85383517899684033152007-01-02T05:14:00.000-08:002007-02-13T02:37:11.056-08:00<div class="image_left"><img src="http://www.castlethestore.com/blog-images/boudicca-name-stamp-5.gif" alt="Detail of Boudicca logo on couture fashion item" /></div><span class="bodytext">BOUDICCA have announced that they have been officially invited by the Comite de la Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture to become a Guest Member of Haute Couture in January 2007 and will present their collection during Paris haute couture week which runs from January 22nd until the 25th.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.castlethestore.com/contact.htm">> Contact us for Private Order</a><br /></span>Shaun Castletag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868395169495864441.post-31269164838919536522006-12-22T03:29:00.000-08:002007-02-13T02:39:05.506-08:00<div class="image_left"><a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('http://www.castlethestore.com/blog-images/look29a.jpg','','width=450,height=650')"><img src=http://www.castlethestore.com/blog-images/ss07-graphic1.gif alt="Boudicca couture Spring Summer 2007 collection image from Artficialparadise.org" /><img src="http://www.castlethestore.com/blog-images/enlarge2.gif" /></a></div><span class="bodytext">BOUDICCA's Spring/Summer 2007 collection can be viewed through <a href="http://www.artificialparadise.org" target="_blank">Artificialparadise.org</a> with look book and show online.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.castlethestore.com/contact.htm">> Contact us for Private Order</a><br /></span>Shaun Castletag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868395169495864441.post-48331827455578721622006-12-20T02:32:00.000-08:002007-02-13T03:28:54.316-08:00<div class="image_left"><a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('http://www.castlethestore.com/blog-images/exquisite-items-l.jpg','','width=480,height=280')"><img src="http://www.castlethestore.com/blog-images/exquisite-items.jpg" alt="Exquisite objects sourced including antiques and works of art" /><img src="http://www.lakesandcountry.co.uk/blog/image/enlarge2.gif"></a></div><br /><br /><span class="bodytext">Fine objects of provenance selected and sourced for private residences, including <strong>[works of art] [antiques] [furniture] [architectural artefacts] [taxidermy] [timepieces] [textiles] [ceramics and glass] [decorative pieces]</strong><br /><br />Associated design and architectural services<br /><br /><a href="http://www.castlethestore.com/contact.htm">&gt; Contact us for private order</a></span>Shaun Castletag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868395169495864441.post-27411497418509707702006-12-15T02:34:00.000-08:002007-02-13T03:31:46.913-08:00<div class="image_left_2col_wrapper"><div class="image_left_2col"><a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('http://www.castlethestore.com/blog-images/antlers-1-l.gif','','width=400,height=600')"><img src="http://www.castlethestore.com/blog-images/antlers-1.gif" alt="Stag antlers inscribed Mamore 1890" /><img src="http://www.lakesandcountry.co.uk/blog/image/enlarge2.gif" /></a></div><div class="quote-wrapper"><div class="quote-info">Stag Antlers<br />Inscribed &#8220;Mamore 1890&#8221;</div></div><div class="clear"></div></div><span class="bodytext">Objects of nervous beauty.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.castlethestore.com/contact.htm">&gt; Contact us for private order</a></span>Shaun Castletag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868395169495864441.post-30353584211776821642006-12-11T02:35:00.000-08:002007-02-13T03:33:23.113-08:00<div class="image_left_2col_wrapper"><div class="image_left_2col"><a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('http://www.castlethestore.com/blog-images/mhjacket35.jpg','','width=200,height=400')"><img src="http://www.castlethestore.com/blog-images/mhjacket35.jpg" alt="Shooting jackets from Mark Humphrey" /><img src="http://www.lakesandcountry.co.uk/blog/image/enlarge2.gif" /></a></div><div class="clear"></div></div><span class="bodytext">Exclusive collection of shooting, riding and driving jackets by <a href="http://www.markhumphrey.co.uk" target="_blank">Mark Humphrey</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.castlethestore.com/contact.htm">&gt; Contact us for private order</a></span>Shaun Castletag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868395169495864441.post-17023615991198054372006-12-10T05:08:00.000-08:002007-02-13T03:35:06.293-08:00<div class="image_left"><a href="http://www.castle-editions.com/process_info/workinprogress.htm" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.castlethestore.com/blogimages/print-making.gif" alt="Artist Graham Dolphin working on the Boudicca Animate Editions at Thumbprint studios" /><img src="http://www.lakesandcountry.co.uk/blog/image/enlarge2.gif" /></a></div><br /><span class="bodytext">The artist Graham Dolphin and Peter Kos working on the initial plates for Edition 1 of the BOUDICCA Animate Editions at Thumbprint Studios, London, August 2005.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.castle-editions.com/process_info/workinprogress.htm" target="_blank">> View this project</a></span>Shaun Castletag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868395169495864441.post-7102006068641937022006-12-08T02:38:00.000-08:002007-02-13T03:36:20.291-08:00<div class="image_left_2col_wrapper"><div class="image_left_2col"><a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('http://www.castlethestore.com/blog-images/pleasure-in-ruins-l.gif','','width=400,height=600')"><img src="http://www.castlethestore.com/blog-images/pleasure-in-ruins.gif" alt="Rare 1953 book Pleasure of Ruins by Rose Macauley. First edition." /><img src="http://www.lakesandcountry.co.uk/blog/image/enlarge2.gif" /></a></div><div class="quote-wrapper"><div class="quote-info">First edition<br />Rose Macaulay <em>Pleasure of Ruins,</em> London, 1953<br /></div></div><div class="clear"></div></div><span class="bodytext">Antiquarian and rare books sold and sourced.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.castlethestore.com/contact.htm">&gt; Contact us for private order</a></span>Shaun Castletag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868395169495864441.post-72265534151094980682006-12-06T02:49:00.000-08:002007-02-13T03:39:44.777-08:00<div class="image_left_2col_wrapper"><div class="image_left_2col"><a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('http://www.castlethestore.com/blog-images/vogue-berard-l.jpg','','width=400,height=600')"><img src="http://www.castlethestore.com/blog-images/vogue-berard.jpg" alt="Vintage Vogue magazine from 1st March 1938. Cover by Christian Berard" /><img src="http://www.lakesandcountry.co.uk/blog/image/enlarge2.gif" /></a></div><div class="quote-wrapper"><div class="quote-info"><span class="quote">Vogue with Cover by Christian Berard <br />1st March 1938 </span></div></div><div class="clear"></div></div><span class="bodytext">Vintage and rare magazines sold and sourced.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.castlethestore.com/contact.htm">&gt; Contact us for private order</a></span>Shaun Castle