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Happy Ashley Land

I got the train into uni with a friend I hadn't seen in a while today and he told me about the designer Ashley Williams, who graduated last year from fashion at Westminster. Her degree collection was made up of quirky, happy prints, one called the happy ashley print, and  another of a hand holding a cigarette was worn by Rihanna on her 777tour in London. Amazing.

Lazy Oaf

I love lazy oaf. I think their designs are amazing, quirky and they work so well on fashion, when it could be argued that the designs are more a-kin to stationary. This has inspired me not to rule out fashion when creating my in-situs. Who wouldn't want a llama shirt...

Stella Jean

I LOVE THESE CLOTHES AND DESIGNS. Another find in Vogue, Stella Jean, a former model, turned designer. In her own words her collection reflects her; being half Italian and half Haitian, she melds the european striped shirt with wax fabrics, bringing the two together. 

Looking at these designers is making me want to go crazy with colour and bold patterns, i'm just worried its a tad too late to change my direction and add another aspect.

Clover Canyon

Flicking Vogue's May edition on my train journey home yesterday I came across several print designers who's work just screamed out to me. The first of which was Clover Canyon, they design and produce in Los Angeles, with each collection created to reflect the joyful spirit of California. The patterns and colours used, which can be seen below scream out summer, which I guess could be said is what California is all about - endless summers!

lets go camping

The sun finally seems to be coming out and staying out, to an extent! This has made me very happy has my project is based on summer, and without sunshine its slightly harder to get into that mind set. yay sunshine. These are some of the prints i've been working on this week. 

Raymond Peynet - The Lovers

Les Amoureux de Peynet (Peynets lovers), were two characters created by the artist Raymond Peynet. I like these has they tell a story in the illustrations, one which most people can relate to and find heart warmingly romantic, they are sweet depictions of a couple in love. They remind me of my couple I created within my sketchbook briefly called mr and mrs.tangled mess, and made me think along side creating patterns I should try to create greeting cards/prints. I'm currently creating print designs for postcards made up of patterns and fruit with a quirky, sweet message printed on them - similar to a degree to the lovers. 

I think Peynets designs are so cute, and they make you want to own one, I'd like to create a similar sense of wanting when people see my work.

Sad Raspberries

Today was my first day of third term, we now have 6 weeks of printing to go before our end of year show, and the rest of our lives. I feel a bit sad about this, it's kinda scary. 

Here are some raspberries to make it all better...

More inspiration from Tate Liverpool

As well as seeing the Sylvia Sleigh exhibition, we also took a mooch around the sculpture galleries at the Tate, I found a few pieces I liked in here - which is rare has I'm usually not a big fan of sculpture. Looking at the pieces I liked here and at my current work, I'm finding myself drawn more to shapes, and marks creating patterns, very unlike my usual style of illustrative designs. (The first piece of each artist are the ones which I saw at the Tate and the following are some of their other works)

Richard Long

Lucio Fontana

Cornelia Parker