Recently I got some of my work digitally printed on to poplin cotton. The cats, pictured above, is the pattern which I entered and got shortlisted in the Make Art That Sells Uppercase magazine competition earlier this year. The cacti/succulents print was made from a series of mono-prints which have become repeat patterns on notebooks and prints, available through my etsy shop. I thought that these would be interesting to bring alive on to fabric and open the opportunities of where the illustrations and prints could be found.... and this is what I made:
With the cat material I made these fun hexagonal cushions, using plain material to match the colour palette in the pattern.
I also made one plain one, patterned all over - the other side of the cushions with the plain triangles are plain on the back.
The buttons in the middle have been covered with a cat face - which made me laugh when I made them - they look pretty cheeky! Especially when they are looking at the other cat characters on the pattern!
Close up of one of the characters.
From cats to cacti... the cacti material was transformed to pencil cases - well, pretty big cases that can be used for anything - not just art supplies! Anything you'd like to carry around. They are lined with green spotty or gingham material too to compliment the colour palette.
All are available in my etsy shop right now. So have a peek if you fancy them! It's opened up so many possibilities. I love screen printing on to fabric, but digital print allows for a wider range of colours and different textures, and more complex designs... so here's to making more very soon!
I'm back from a gorgeous holiday in Jamaica! Not missing the sun too much though, as are having a lovely little heatwave here in England, which is rare, so I'm trying to enjoy as much as I can! In the next few weeks I will be working at the Leeds College of Art 'Young Creative' summer school, creating printed work with loads of children aged 7 - 18 celebrating the Rio Olympics! I'll share as much as I can when the summer school is over in mid-Aug. In the meantime, I've still been creating and making. I've had an influx of exciting commissions, so will share when I'm able to and when they are signed off. I wanted to let you know that my website is up and running again! I took it off-line when completing my PGDIPE (teaching qualification) but it's back! I'd love it if you'd have a look and I'd love to know what you think. Have a peek here.
I've also been printing some new patterns and creations myself - still inspired by Staffordshire Pottery, I took some characters from my sketchbook which I created during the MATS assignment (which you can read more about here) and cut them out of lino:
Which I printed:
Then, I made a pattern out of the prints:
Exposed them on to a silk screen:
Dyed and printed some fabric:
And then whipped up a new cushion range to add to my Staffordshire collection!
Hopefully, I will be re-opening my etsy shop this next week, so if you like these keep your eyes peeled!
With the cat material I made these fun hexagonal cushions, using plain material to match the colour palette in the pattern.
