Journal

Welcome to the behind-the-scenes of Studio Van Low. This is where is keep track of things I’m eating, learning, making or contemplating (and there’s even some archival posts from my blog The Monday Issue RIP 2009-2019). Make yourself a cup of tea and enjoy browsing!

Vanessa Low 13/6/22 Vanessa Low 13/6/22

Ta Ta For Now (Closing My Shop)

My two shop streams (Found by Van Low and my candles) have given me so much joy but it’s time for my next chapter…

Vanessa Low 8/6/21 Vanessa Low 8/6/21

Interview with Creative Women’s Business

I was so honoured to be interviewed by Creative Women’s Business! Have a read to find out what inspires me, what I do in a creative rut, how my career began and the one app I can’t live without.

Vanessa Low 21/2/21 Vanessa Low 21/2/21

My Candle-Making Journey: lessons, experiments, choices, fails, and successes

When I started candle-making, a lot of things made sense: colour combinations, experimenting with shapes, crafting things by hand with love. However, I learnt a lot of things the hard way…

Vanessa Low 7/10/20 Vanessa Low 7/10/20

All My Packaging (So Far)

It’s been just a couple of months since I launched Found by Van Low / my online shop of curated vintage homewares. Aside from the process of sourcing, cleaning, styling, photographing and listing the objects online, one of my favourite things has been organising the packaging.