Ceramic Paint / Collection Cornwall by Kirstie van Noort | Eindhoven (NL) | By Emma Harrison

Up until the early 1990s, Cornwall was home to many mines rich in copper, tin and silver. After the mines were forced to close and all sign of industrial extraction had long departed, the landscape was left stained with a faded yet colourful palette of natural resources.

In 2011, Dutch ceramicist Kirstie van Noort set out to explore this trail of deposits strung across the county. The two week search eventually lead to the development of the 108 different colours now found in her impressive collection, with the base of every shade originating from just one of the twelve materials that are scattered across the now largely disused and filled Cornwall mines.

Once dried, ground and diluted with water, the paints were developed and applied to earthenware and china and the end results can be found in Van Noort’s work entitled ‘Ceramic Paint/Collection Cornwall’. The three objects in the collection, Bugle, Geevor and Nanpean have been named after the places where the materials were found and developed to ‘give an impression of the impact their respective footprints have left on the landscape’.

Kirstie van Noort has documented her journey and the process of ceramic paint development in a book and photojournal, available on her website.

The Challenger's Almanac | Cornwall (UK) | By Lee Fleming

The Challenger's Almanac, founded in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (UK) is an annual business publication created by a small and passionate team who have used their own experiences to challenge ‘the way that business is done’. Consisting of husband-and-wife duo Mark (filmmaker and entrepreneur) and Emily (Graphic designer) Anderson, The Challenger's Almanac looks far and wide from local companies to large scale multi-national corporations, in search of inspiring stories that will challenge the status quo and inspire readers to step outside the box.

The first edition of The Challenger's Almanac was born out of a successful Kickstarter campaign along with the help of 300 crowd funders. The Andersons sit at the helm of the business and draw upon their extensive production skills whilst a talented team helps them to realise and expand upon their ideas. Editor Meg Lobb conducts in-depth research, the arresting photography found inside the Challenger's Almanac is taken by Alastair Sopp (West Cornwall, UK) and Rasmus Keger (New York, US) and the illustrations are by Joshua Vyvyan (London, UK) whose workings, inspired by traditional tattoos and the sea, are often found on skin, not paper. Inside the issue features stories from Hiut Denim founder David Hieatt, Sugru inventor Jane Ni Dhulchaointigh and US Illustrator Jessica Hische. Curated by consultancy firm Sideways, the inaugural issue also features contributions from consultancies including Naked Communications and Pearlfisher’s Jonathan Ford, who helped to create many of the brands profiled in the publication.

To read more about The Challenger's Almanac or purchase their first issue visit their website.