17 DAYS

              The COUNTDOWN! 

Paris. Ben Howard. Christmas time. Best friends. Surely things cannot get better than this?

In 17 days, me and my bestest Ashleigh Hopkin will be en route to the beautiful PARIS! it cannot come quick enough! Whilst we are there we will be seeing the amazing Ben Howard in Casino De Paris with my lovely french friends, who we are staying with over our 2 night stay. If Paris does not put  us in the christmas spirit, i don't know what will!

LIFE; FALMOUTH STYLE

                                    Life as we know it 

WEAVE WILL BE THE DEATH OF IT- taken me most of today just to weave this sample! a 25 cm sample!
I can tell you now, i am certainly NOT destined to be a weaver. 

I certainly have beautiful friends

Our invitations to the textiles jingle ball

PATTERNITY

www.patternity.co.uk

 is one of my FAVOURITE websites of all time. It has given me so much inspiration over the past months, making me realise that patterns exist in the most unlikeliest of places. People search far and wide to find inspiration and they have yet to realise that inspiration lies directly in front of their eyes, if they know how to find it. 

CHRISTMAS AT THORNBACK AND PEEL

     Thorneback and Peel combine modernist geometric patterns with 19th century wood engravings  

JR'S- TED Prize wish

Turning the world inside out

             

This morning i had a history and theory lecture. I always dread the wednesday alarm as i know as soon as i wake up, its history and theory time. NOT a great feeling. Todays lectures topic was 'Space and Place', all to do with places not having a singular identity and how change is influenced by a dynamic process, all was pretty boring until he showed us this video. 

JR, a french street artist, who uses his camera to show the world its true face, by posting photos of the human face across a HUGE canvases, in countries that are facing conflict.
SERIOUSLY, TAKE A LOOK. 

LIZZIE ALLEN

Made in England

London based wallpaper designer. Recently commissioned by Paul Smith. Lizzie uses a traditional printing method to create these beauties, giving them their own unique influence of old vs new. 

FAMILLESUMMERBELLE

   Made in Manhattan 

Simon Summberbelle and Juli Marbelle. 

Inspired by family life and their love of design and interior decoration. 

Famillesummerbelle is split between Parisian life and their life in the UK.  

FLYING HOUSES SERIES

By French photographer Laurent Chehere   

I SPY DIY

       Blogger. Creator. Trendsetter. www.ispydiy.com 

   'DIY is not only about making the trends affordable, its about putting a personal touch on your style'

            DO IT YOURSELF 

DAYTIME-NIGHTTIME

Thought this was completely relevant!

TIMOTHY ANDREWS

' A rainbow attack of patterns and textures'

   Timothy Andrews.Fashion Desginer. RCA graduate. Knitting enthusiast. 

At his recent exhibition along with other Chelsea college of Art technicians 

Timothys most recent work

JESSICA HOGARTH

                         Jessica Hogarth

Surface pattern designer and illustrator from Yorkshire. Inspired by the parisian life and the historic buildings and seascapes of the North Yorkshire coast. Jessica is one the uk's most promising emerging design and illustration talents. Jessica has won several awards including New Designers, she has also sold her designs to Tiger Print and appeared in major home and lifestyle magazines.

CAROLINE REES

  Caroline Rees.

Swansea based Textile, Surface pattern, Glass Designer.  Caroline turned to designing glass as se enjoys the fact that she can create something that is personal and functional. One of the reasons i was drawn to Caroline's work is the fact she has looked outside the box and came up with a practical yet successful use of her prints, instead of letting her prints collect dust. At the start of this year, i assisted Caroline for a couple of days, to see how she worked and how her designs develop to what they are now, as glass panels. Recently Caroline work was installed within her majesty's surgery in Windsor as a glass panel which sat between the waiting room and Doctors offices. Caroline's work has featured in several major home and lifestyle magazines where she has been recognised for her distinctive and innovative work. 

Caroline's work at her majesty's surgery

BUSY.BUSY.BUSY

Ive had such a BUSY week! it has finally caught up on me and now i NEED sleep so badly. After travelling back to falmouth life on monday, me and my flatmates went and saw the incred Ben Howard in Plymouth on the tuesday. Which was insane. Every time i see him, he gives me goosebumps! and in under a month il be seeing him again in the beautiful PARIS with my beautiful friend Ashleigh, which makes it ten times better, because i miss her SO SO much. On the Wednesday we went and saw the Christmas lights and parade in the near town of Turo, which was beautiful and has put me in such a christmasy' mood! Not long to go now! Thursday night, me and the textiles lot decided to hit the Rum bar in Fal! Finally yesterday me and my friends stayed the night in Salcombe, South Devon. I cannot put across how incredibly idilic this place is. So peaceful and welcoming, and the house we stayed in was RIDICULOUS. I could happily spend the rest of my life living there, no words to describe...   

BEN HOWARD

Ben Howard- Blugh Island

                                               Christmas parade at Truro

                                           Nancys Rum bar Falmouth   

     

                                         Salcombe, South Devon 

   

James Gullivar Hancocks work

    His attempt to draw all of the buildings in New York...

        

      I have recently stumbled across the work of James Gulliver Hancock and what can i          say? Ive immediately fallen in love with his work! James's obsession and recording of places has abled him to produce seriously ORIGINAL prints. My personal favourite (if i had to choose) would be the MONOCHROME prints

                     Have a gander... James Gulliver Hancock