As part of The Unilever series, Ai Weiwei currently has his Sunflower Seeds installation exhibiting in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern. I went down to see the millions of tiny hand crafted porcelain seeds for myself, intrigued by the buzz over such an interesting idea and unaware of how long they had actually taken to make.

What I expected to be a sensory feast, was in fact rather a disappointment. The floor was vast and buried under tiny seeds, but you weren’t allowed to walk over them as the original intention had been. Apparently the opening few days of the exhibition created so much porcelain dust that they had to stop people from walking across them.

You could handle and examine the seeds under supervision, but that was as close as you could get. I’m not sure what they will do about the whole installation as it seems pretty pointless without the intended interaction.

I really love Sanna Annukka’s illustrations at the moment. They have a cool retro feel and are really quite beautiful. Check them out.

The lovely folk at Frances Lincoln gave me an amazing James Joyce print as my parting pres. I originally saw it at the Pick Me Up exhibition at Somerset House earlier this year and managed to resist it. The pics don’t do it justice, it’s sooooo lovely.

Winding through the back streets from Old Street tube station towards Shoreditch, past small gallery openings and artist’s studios, is the doorway down to Print Club London’s shop on Brick Lane. The grand opening was this evening so I went for a nose around and to see what was on offer. It’s a great little shop and well worth a look if you are in the area. The prints are all affordably priced and showcase some really interesting work by local printmakers.