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Todays trend is Folk, its a trend that I always find inspiring and I am constantly recreating my Folk trend board and updating it with new images as well as being re-inspired by the old ones. I have also added ina  few images of Amy Butlers range for Graham and Brown which previewed this morning on Print&Pattern as this follows the Folk theme and I think the colours are just gorgeous.

Credits: Living Magazine, Graham and Brown, A Print a day, Paperchase, Print&Pattern.

Jane Foster has been a screen printer that I have followed for many years. Jane lives in Devon where she prints and sews her own designs which are strongly influenced by Scandinavian designs. Jane also designs cards and posters for the Artgroup as well as collaborating with Cloth-kits. To see more of Jane’s work and her large collection of fabrics and ceramics from the 1950s and 60s, check out her blog here.

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’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.