Charles Harper

A fantastic illustrator

a great cushion in a shop window in Melbourne!

My favourite peruvian pom pom bag

at work with mum!

piper
miles

Wendy Murray Artist Behind the TIKA tree!

http://wendymurray.com.au/wm_creepy.html

PUNK ALPHABET LAUNCH

My friend Paulie just launched this unreal kids book.
The opening was Chaos but he missed it as he
was upstairs signing books.

Tika product shots

Robbie crochet tea cosy

Bianca knitted cushion
Johnny crochet sausage dog

Amanda knitted flower scarf

Riki knitted blanket

WINDOW SHOPPING MELBOURNE

Life inStyle

Hayley is currently attending the Life inStyle trade fair in Melbourne. This is a boutique event for 250 selected homewares, accessories, jewelry and giftware exhibitors. The trade fair runs from July 31st until August 4th 2008. 

Promoting its relaxed, civilised atmosphere in open planned surrounds and support for good design Life inStyle presents both local and international design.

Welcome to Tika

Tika (Peru PTY LTD) is a homewares and fashion accessories based collaboration between two groups of women, one native to Lima Peru, the other, from Sydney Australia. 

Fashion designer and creator of the successful Skipping Girl label, Hayley Allen is working with the peruvian women using their traditional techniques and her design skills to create this lifestyle product range. 

The collaboration provides a wider market for the women's group who came together in 1998 to use their textiles skills to help improve the living standards of their families in on of the capital's most populated districts; San Martin de Porres, Lima. 

"Tika will offer a wide range of fun, custom made products. Our target market won't e defined by age but by sense of style and humour" _ Hayley Allen

WORLD YOUTH DAY

Last week as part of World Youth Day, Tika had 1200 scarves made for the Mercy Sisters to give away to the international delegates attending the Mercy Sister's WYD conference. The Mercy Sisters are involved in AID work in the Tres de Mayo and Cerro Candella Districts where the Tika ladies live. Hayley also held a market stall selling traditional Peruvian handicrafts to support the women of Tres de Mayo village, home to some of the women who knit for Tika. The store was very successful selling colourful wares such as crocheted shalls, dolls, bags and key-rings.