Escape to the Welsh Country with Jen & Steve from Loglike
Jen & Steve from green design brand Loglike, recently moved from London to North Wales. Here, they screenprint graphics onto high quality, organic t-shirts, create heirloom candle holders out of antique saucers and upcycle vintage fabric into ‘stitch your own’ animal kits. All designs are produced from their tiny studio in rural NE Wales, just outside Llangollen.
"Moving here has been a dream come true,” revealed Jen. “Although I’ve lived in various suburbs for most of my life, I think I’m really a country girl at heart. The peace, beauty & closeness to nature is just what I was looking for.”
The Loglike duo only moved to the area about 9 months ago. Before that, they were ensconced in a polluted suburb of London.
“Loglike started off at Spitalfields’ Market in the East End,” Steve explains. “The location and energy there was great, but after a while, you just fancy a change”. And what a change. “Now we’re about half an hour from Wrexham, in a peaceful Dee valley. We can enjoy the steam train’s whistle, rather than the drone of the South Circular.”
The new environment has already had a creative impact on their work.
“I really got into lichen and moss recently” says Jen. “The luminous, moonlight yellows and rich greens are amazing. I started taking loads of close-up photos, which became a set of badges featuring Welsh lichen.”
The pair regularly write about their creative Welsh journey at www.Loglike.wordpress.com and have a website: www.Loglike.co.uk where you'll find the full array of their designs.
