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Archive for June, 2010

Oh its so hard to get back into work after two weeks off especially when the weather is so lovely, it takes some real discipline. Anyway I have been working on some new prints this week for Printsource and here is one of my trend boards. Enjoy!

I am afraid I am on my annual leave for the next two weeks. Im off to Cornwall, but this year we have extended our trip and we are spending four days on the Isles of Scilly. I just hope the weather is ok. On our return its my baby brothers wedding to his lovely fiance Rebecca, so exciting!

Ill return on the 28th June with loads of inspirational photographs, Cornwall always inspires me so much.

“I’ve always liked books. The way the paper feels in my hands, the rustle or snap as the pages turn. I like the way a book can sit innocently on the shelf and yet open to reveal any number of surprises. The endless possibilities of books.”

Sarah Mitchell works at the Leeds College of Art and Design as a print room technician but she is also a very talented book artist. Her books and portfolio style boxes are beautifully made and can frequently be seen at the Annual artists book fair  at the University of Leeds. I love the way she describes her process of creating this bespoke product.

“I’ve always enjoyed making things; cutting up bits of paper, drawing, sticking, folding and sewing things together. And so my books are hand made, hand cut, hand folded, hand stitched and hand finished. This is important to me. I like to keep that contact with the object I’m making, it has to feel right. Tactile. I enjoy the process of folding the paper, sewing the signatures, and the fact that from this repetition, surprising new things can emerge”.

Sarah Waterhouse Textiles is a textile design and printing company where all fabric is printed by hand in a small studio in Sheffield, England.

The company is run by Sarah Waterhouse who designs all the collections and prints every piece of fabric by hand using water based inks on hemp or organic cotton thus giving it a strong environmental and ethical policy. What I love about the fabrics is the use of one or two carefully chosen colours, the simple designs and the way each print coordinate together, and obvious the use of pugs in  prints is always a winner.