Castor and Pollux

February 3rd, 2012

Rob Ryan Valentine prints

This new print from Rob comes in three versions – girl/boy, 2 boys and 2 girls. £120 unframed. Smashing!

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Posted by Mike

July 7th, 2010

New Jonathan Adler pottery in stock

Squirrel candleholder

Just arrived from New York is our new collection of fab pottery from Jonathan Adler.

This cute candleholder with ‘midnight’ glaze costs £95. Also new for this year are poodles, foxes, dachshund bookends and elephant bottle stoppers!

You can see some of our new stock here.

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Posted by Mike

March 30th, 2010

Gewoon Necklaces

Gewoon is a company renowned for it’s clean design objects in felt.

Their products are manufactured by social working places in the Netherands, by mentally and physically disabled people. The silver and gold you see here were introduced to celebrate their tenth year, in 2009.

We are magpies, as ever, and are very happy to show you the bright jewellery now available at Castor and Pollux.

: Multi coloured wooden bead necklace - approx. 120 cm in length. £ 70

: Gold fabric necklace - approx. 110 cm in length. £ 35

: Silver fabric necklace - approx 110 cm in length. £ 35

: Multi coloured felt necklace - approx. 110 cm in length. £ 35

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Posted by April

March 19th, 2010

This is… books from M. Sasek

All these beautiful books are currently available at Castor and Pollux.

: thisisparis

: this-is-rome

: thisislondon

: thisisvenice

: this-is-ireland

: thisistexas

M. Sasek was born in Prague in 1916 and died in Switzerzerland in 1980. He worked as a painter and illustrator for most of his life. Starting with This is Paris published in 1958, the books he wrote painted a delightful and evocative picture of some of the world’s great cities (and countries!). Having delighted children and adults for more than 50 years they are now being reissued.

Each of the books are £10.99

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Posted by April

March 4th, 2010

Fanny Shorter – Tiny birds

Ms. Shorter explained that an exhibition she was showing in had a limit to the size of picture she could show. She then went on to select all the small birds that would fit, and made beautifully executed prints of these tiny birds-actual size.

: Coast's Hummingbird, screen print, image size 65 x 65 mm, mounted size 280 x 280 mm, £100

: Orange-Bellied Flowerpecker, screen print, image size 80 x 80 mm, mounted size 280 x 280 mm, £100

: Gray-Tailed Mountain-Gem, screen print, image size 70 x 90 mm, mounted size 280 x 280 mm, £100

: Tufted Coquette, screen print, image size 50 x 80 mm, framed sized 315 x 315 mm, £140

: Jameson's Wattle-eye, screen print, image size 60 x 75 mm, mounted size 280 x 280 mm, £100

: Spotted Pardalote, screen print, image size 85 x 60 mm, mounted size 280 x 280 mm, £100

: Crimson Hooded Manakin, screen print, image size 60 x 80 mm, mounted size 280 x 280 mm, £100

: Bee hummingbird, screen print, image size 30 x 50 mm, framed sized 315 x 315 mm, £140

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Posted by April

February 25th, 2010

New lights!!

Exciting news! Just arrive and not yet even out of the box, Castor & Pollux are very happy to have these NUD lights from Sweden.

The 3 metre cable is in a choice of eight different colours, and there is a choice of two retro bulbs. They are £29.95, and the globe bulbs are £18.95 each.