Property News · September 11, 2016

Factory fresh: fabrics and character in a converted Victorian building


Clare Lattin’s industrial flat is an unusual – and cavernous – London home. Nell Card clocks in“Oh my God, we’ve got scobies coming out of our ears,” says Clare Lattin, shutting the fridge door and placing two bottles of glowing kombucha on her vast kitchen table. For the uninitiated, a scoby is a symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast used to produce fermented, effervescent tea. “Come by the restaurant and we’ll vac-pac one for you,” she offers.The restaurant could be one of two. Lattin is the co-founder of the diminutive European gastro-chic Ducksoup in Soho, and Rawduck in Hackney. A third venue with a focus on pickles and ferments is in the making. She also co-owns the food and drink PR company EightyFour (the client list includes the Hix restaurant group and the Chiltern Firehouse). Finally there’s a ceramics line, Vessel & Time, for which she sketches designs that are then produced by a potter in Dorset. She also finds time to handbuild her own ceramics. A board of clay vessels sits drying on the floor of her apartment. “One day, the dream is to just design and make jugs,” she says. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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