All of art is a process of healing, of saying, of preserving our identity Paul Mikula Phansi Museum Durban For Lisa Todd, living in lockdown has brought back many of the feelings and memories from her early years struggling with the isolation of dystonia. It was social media that turned things around, offering a lifeline…
This year has been a rollercoaster for everyone, with covid-19 changing the way we live and work. For Lisa Todd this has meant using her designs to cheer up the nation, whether in the Nightingale hospital or for nurses’ scrubs. Despite the tiers and tears of 2020 there have been moments of community spirit and…
This year has been a rollercoaster. Our homes, and what’s inside them, have never been more important. The items you surround yourself with can bring joy, nostalgia and happiness, especially when you are trapped inside lockdown after lockdown… My African Home Lisa had a very successful interior design career before becoming a surface pattern designer.…
This year the pandemic closed galleries, museums, theatres and other creative hubs in one foul swoop. Access to art was confined to viewing through screens and virtual tours: the importance of public art had never been clearer. In 2019, Lisa Todd was the creative director and curator of the Lions of Windsor and Maidenhead sculpture…
Lisa Todd Designs started back in 2012. From greeting cards to cushions, trays and rugs her products and designs are inspired by South Africa and sold across the UK. Get to know behind the brand: Where did your surface pattern career start? At a painting class at Windsor college where I was encouraged to go…
The 66th annual Women of the Year lunch was held yesterday as a virtual afternoon tea. Lisa Todd was thrilled to be one of the 400 women invited. The hilarious Mel Giedroyc hosted the awards wearing a “lockdown look” many of us will recognise; a posh blouse on the top and sliders with socks and yoga…
In early April two women, over 8,000 miles away from one another, sat at home in lockdown creating art. One woman, Valencia (or Nolu to her friends) beaded in Cape Town, South Africa. The other, Lisa (CC to Nolu), painted in Windsor, England. The two took a break from their work to exchange messages on…
Two years ago, Lisa Todd set out to visit her mum in hospital in Bath. At the hospital, there was an incredible singer, Frankie, performing for the patients. She told Lisa she had been commissioned by Hetty Du Pays, Head of Art at the Heart, an initiative by Royal United Hospital in Bath. Lisa reached out…