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Cotton plant

Cot­ton Plant It is often for­got­ten that many of our every­day clothes start­ed as the sta­ple, fluffy fibre cot­ton which grows in a boll. The cot­ton plant has a tru­ly fas­ci­nat­ing his­to­ry, cul­ti­vat­ed since antiq­ui­ty, its use for fab­ric is known to date to pre­his­toric times. This series high­lights this hum­ble, yet inge­nious plant and our close… Read More

Lilac Dream

Lilac Dream Lilac is con­sid­ered a fem­i­nine and grace­ful colour. Its direct con­nec­tion to the sweet-scent­ed, charm­ing flow­ers means it’s often asso­ci­at­ed with inno­cence, youth and mem­o­ries of the arrival of spring. This project was a part of my ongo­ing col­lab­o­ra­tion with Kidspat­tern. If you’d like to learn more about them please vis­it their web­site HERE.… Read More

Vines of Clematis

Vines of Clema­tis This pat­tern design series was inspired by the resplen­dent blooms of clé­ma­tis, a trail­ing plant grown for orna­men­tal pur­pos­es. Its flow­ers are meant to sym­bol­ise the beau­ty of inge­nu­ity and the trait of arti­fice. These inter­pre­ta­tions are due to its seem­ing­ly clever abil­i­ty to climb around trel­lis­es and walls, and as such,… Read More

The Witch’s Cat

The Witch’s Cat This eerie pat­tern blends mag­ic and mys­ti­cism in a visu­al incan­ta­tion to unleash your dark side. Inspired by all things occult and oth­er­world­ly, this goth­ic greyscale design is a cel­e­bra­tion of wic­can tra­di­tion, Samhain — the Celtic fes­ti­val of fire — and Hallowe’en — per­fect for enchant­ed autumn evenings. This sur­face pat­tern desing… Read More

Cutout Florals

Cutout Flo­rals Paper craft­ing has a long stand­ing tra­di­tion in the arts. From prac­tices like origa­mi to fash­ion­ing paper into lanterns and fans, since it was invent­ed in 100BC Chi­na, paper was con­sid­ered a tool for mak­ing art. In this mod­ern, dig­i­tal inter­pre­ta­tion of cut-out flo­rals, we aimed to evoke the dec­o­ra­tive aspect of this estab­lished practice… Read More

Romantic Meadow

Roman­tic Mead­ow To walk through a wild mead­ow, dur­ing a warm sum­mer evening as the sun is slow­ly set­ting, is tru­ly an uplift­ing expe­ri­ence. Buzzing with life and burst­ing with growth it pro­vides a nev­er end­ing source of inspi­ra­tion and true awe. This art­work is meant to evoke a mem­o­ry of such an expe­ri­ence, whilst also being an ongo­ing cel­e­bra­tion of… Read More

Tulips in Silks

Tulips in Silks Dur­ing the Nether­lands’ tulip bub­ble peri­od, the stripy Sem­per Augus­tus with its’ “bro­ken bulb” was among the rarest and most valu­able. As a cen­tre piece of this sur­face pat­tern designs it is enveloped in the dance of float­ing silks bor­dered with dec­o­ra­tive lace, thus cre­at­ing a tru­ly, flam­boy­ant and fem­i­nine design. Soaked in… Read More

Sub Rosa Carolina

Sub Rosa Car­oli­na The sen­ti­ment of a sin­gle stemmed, frag­ile wild rose, which grows with an abun­dance of fresh, unfurl­ing leaves is pure every­day poet­ry. The sweet scent­ed, deep pink ros­es blos­som all sum­mer and are loved by bees and but­ter­flies alike. As a pow­er­ful sym­bol of love and ado­ra­tion, ros­es pro­vide inspi­ra­tion to artists as a spectacle… Read More

Eclectic Folk

Eclec­tic Folk This series con­tin­ues to draw inspi­ra­tion from a long-stand­ing tra­di­tion of Dec­o­ra­tive Arts. The aim being to cre­ate a mod­ern reimag­in­ing of tra­di­tion­al folk motifs, based on stylised flo­rals and botan­i­cals. Brought up to date by using a fash­ion­able coral palette and cre­ative­ly merg­ing diverse orna­men­tal influ­ences — this design offers a fresh inter­pre­ta­tion of boho eclecticism.… Read More

Ornamental Lacework

Orna­men­tal Lace­work Orna­ment has been evi­dent in the human civil­i­sa­tion since the begin­ning of record­ed his­to­ry. Draw­ing inspi­ra­tion from the her­itage of Dec­o­ra­tive Arts, as well as the craft of lace­work, both tra­di­tions were jux­ta­posed togeth­er with­in this series in search of mod­ern and eclec­tic design solu­tions. Fur­ther­more, it explores cre­ative ways to revis­it and… Read More