It is always amazing how quickly Christmas comes around. I suppose it seems so soon for us as we began work on the Few and Far Christmas display in October, since we were to install the windows and shop display at the start of November. The brief was to create a Christmas feel that was sophisticated, clean and elegant, whilst embracing the theme and products that Few and Far had chosen for the season. We feel we pulled it off!

This years theme revolved around an illustration of a city full of artisans by Central St. Martins student, Natalija Mencej. We produced a very large book for the middle window which displayed the drawing surrounded by a story about the shop, which was set in the imaginary world shown in the illustration. The other windows featured large trees and a castle, taken from Natalija’s drawing, all beautifully laser cut from thick paper and suspended in the window. We wanted the windows to appear as a portal to a magical world within. We were very pleased with the result, as was the client.

We also created a ‘Christmas Bazaar’ within the shop, by resurrecting the Hardware store shopfront we made for the Few and Far spring display. It was repaired and repainted and once installed, we had Poppy Heading paint the gold detail.

We highly recommend anyone to go and take a look at the shop, even if you have been before. The display and stock change seasonally, so it is always a fresh, interesting shop to visit.