Ink&Spindle!

 I have recently rediscovered Ink&Spindle ... I love that all their fabrics are hand screen printed and they understand the limitations of hand screen printing and love working within those limits, only working with one or two colours and using over layering techniques to built up beautiful pieces. I also love their ethical philosophy, I think this makes the pieces even more special and gives them a very 'high end' feel.

Check out their blog:
http://inkandspindle.blogspot.com/

Pinterest.com!

I've just discoverd Pinterest, a website that allows you to build virtual mood boards, using any image from the web as well as the huge collection 'pinned' by other memebers. This is a really fun and interesting way of getting a lot of inspiration very quickly and other members can also pin pictures on your boards for you, giving you a helping hand!

Heres a link to my Pinterest page!:


http://pinterest.com/lizziepinnger/

Patterns!

So  I've decided to have a proper go at stenciling, so whilst I wait for fabric paint to arrive in the post I've started drawing a few basic patterns to then make into stencils and print on to fabrics! Heres the first one I have done ...

Response to Fifi Lapin!

For this skirt project I have been doing some fashion illustrator research, including research in to Fifi Lapin. I used their template to drew my own outfit on and then made some simple patterns using the response!

More brown!

Just a small pic of some feather patterns I've been doing for my brown skirt fashion project!....

New college project!

For the fashion project we were each given a colour, I was given brown, which at first I wasnt excited by, but after creating a few mood boards using found objects and drawing a few basic skirt designs I am loving the colour brown! Pics of my final mood board to the left!

Buildings book!

I have eventually finished the 'booking a charity' project, here's a few photos of my final book and tote bag!

First few page ideas ...

The final piece for this project is a book, I am therefore beginning to put my pages together using Photoshop!

Print, Print, Print!

As part of the 'booking a charity' art foundation project I decided to spend the afternoon doing some silk screen printing. The image I printed is a simple drawing I had drawn earlier in the project. As these prints are two colour ( black and a range of other colours) I had to created two silk screens to print from. I really love the effect of these pieces, however a couple of the black prints went a bit blotchy, due to the heavy canvas fabric I was using and the screen being slightly damp!

Art Foundation Project 'Booking a Charity'

 


Our first project in our specialist areas is titled 'Booking a Charity' for this project we had to go to a charity shop and find an object that we felt connected too, and also felt inspired by. The outcome of this project is a book, but we've been told we cant create a traditional book with ring binders.

The object I chose is a  white vase/candle holder with a print of townhouses along the base. From this object I have started looking at townhouses and cityscape's, and am focusing on Winchester buildings for my project.

Here's some of the pages from my sketchbook thus far! ...

 

A little taster...

I'm currently working on a project for my Art Foundation called 'Booking a Charity' ... I'll write more about it in my next post, but thought I'd just put a little taster up of what I'm doing!

Patterns everywhere!

I love how interesting surface patterns can be found everywhere, yet may go unnoticed if you're not looking for them!
I saw this simple yet effective pattern in Southbank centre in central London today!

New Years resolution #2...

I am adding a Spirograph set to my wish list for the new year!

...for both nostalgic and creative reasons!

 

Better late than never!..

Completely forgot to upload a picture of this years Christmas socks... gorgeous patterns, colours, and ever so cosy!

(Socks from Dorothy Perkins!)

Will be keeping a little bit of christmas alive all year round in these!

New Years resolution #1 ...

So I've decided that my first New Years resolution is to finally get some of my patterns digitally printed onto fabric!

I've found a company that print custom fabric for a very reasonable price ( from $16.20 per yard) which is around  £10.50 a yard! Plus they hold weekly fabric competitions, and once a member of the website you have the option of letting them sell your fabric design for you, with you getting around 10% of the price of sale..... not bad to get you started !


http://www.spoonflower.com/welcome

Website link above!

Cushion cover!

New Year, New projects!

After a busy Christmas and New years I thought I'd ease myself back in textiles and patterns.

I made this simple cushion in fabric I fell in love with. I love the retro and bold feel the print has, and I've even included a chunky gold button as a fastener!

Bits and pieces!

 After a stressful week of portfolio work all Ive got left to do is stick everything down...which should only take about five days! but before I get my double-sided sticky tape out I thought I'd upload a few pieces I found whilst routing through hundreds of  Alevel and foundation sketchbooks!

Circles!

  
I created these patterns as a quick addition to a project I'm working on as part of my Art foundation course!