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Designer Spotlight - Jess Browning

Image © Jess Browning

Image © Jess Browning

Image © Jess Browning

Image © Jess Browning

The Tigerprint team meet Jess Browing at the Society of Dyers and Colourists competition heats for the Northern region. It was a pleasure to meet Jess and here her speak so passionately about her project. 

This is what Jess has to say about herself & her work; 

"I am currently in my third year studying Printed Textiles and Surface Pattern Design at Leeds College of Art- a course which allows me the divine freedom to design and create textiles which combine carefully considered colour, bold imagery and layered texture.

My work and imagery is heavily inspired by the vast industrial landscapes of the North. I love their imposing architecture and austere compositional quality. Through visits and research trips in my current Yorkshire surroundings I extract colour palettes full of surprising accents and carefully record the intricate shapes these buildings display. Processes like fabric dyeing, screen printing and traditional embellishments such as embroidery and hand weave allow me to combine all the elements that make up my work. Colour is an integral part of my working method and I am constantly documenting eye catching combinations for future reference. 

I love to share my ideas and inspiration and have a passion for talking about my work- my enthusiasm for textiles is unbounded and my work is the medium through which I like to show it. 

If you would like to find out more about Jess visit her website here or follow her on Twitter.

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Placement Profiles

It's great to see the Placement Profile section growing on the blog. Tigerprint love working with designers on placement and we like to shout about it too! 

Visit the Placement Profile section and click on the people to find out more about them. 

Designer Spotlight - Meg Harris

A Fine Art graduate, Meg Harris is obsessed with all things print and pattern. Meg went back to university to study some Surface Pattern modules and has also recently participated in Rachael Taylor's 'Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design'. For the past two years she has been working as an Interior Designer with a company in Hampshire, although it is still her ambition to design and create beautiful patterns and stationery.

You can view Meg's work on her blog - http://may-i-design.blogspot.co.uk

Things We Love...

Here are just a few of my favourite things!

London based Betty magazine started online and is now a twice yearly publication, it's short but sweet and has beautiful photography and a home made feel. Articles on illustration, fashion, baking and crafting and printed on lovely paper stock! Mmmm!

Whitstable is where I love to go when London gets too much for me. I'd never been until last year and I love it! This is a guide for the Whitstable Biennale and I love the typography.

Higher Living liquorice teabags – I like the tea and the packaging is pretty.

Tatty Devine anchor necklace. I barely own any jewellery but I love this as it reminds me of the seaside and I do like a nice anchor!

Lizzy Stewart is one of my favourite illustrators, I have several of her prints, cards and zines. This zine is about her recent trip to Iceland. Great illustrations and sketches with little comments and stories. Looking at this inspires me to do more next time I go away somewhere – instead of photographing everything, why not draw? I don't keep a sketchbook and it's something I would like to start.

This Diana camera was found in a charity shop for a couple of pounds. It turns out it doesn't work but I love the look of it so I'm keeping it anyway! I want to get into more analogue photography, though it's quite a pricey hobby. You can buy them new here.

Red lipstick because I absolutely love it! This matte shade is my absolute favourite.

Round mirror and scarf bought in Blackbird in Margate. It's a lovely shop, do pop in if you're ever in Margate. Unfortunately I can't remember the artist's name but I do know she is french. If anyone can tell me who she is they get a special prize!

Balls of wool from Loop. Very pricey but gorgeous wool shop in Islington. I got vouchers for Christmas and have knitted one stripy hand/arm warmer as you can see. Just need to knit the second one now…

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Designer Spotlight - Jane Farnham

Jane Farnham is a surface pattern designer, based in Hertfordshire. Having always been obsessed with colour and repeat patterns, Jane graduated from the Art & Business of surface pattern design e-course, which has put her on the right path to her dream job.

Jane uses a mixture of line drawings and doodles along with computer illustrations to create her work and she takes a lot of inspiration from nature, vintage china and fabrics. She's often found looking around charity shops, jumble sales or the local park, taking photographs of anything and everything that interests her. In her own time, she sits in front of the TV and draws, it can just be a mindless doodle or maybe a stem of an interesting plant or weed that she's picked. She will then scan the drawing into her mac and play around with the shapes and colour palette. With this method she ends up creating a series of designs that all sit together and hopefully work well in a variety of different combinations.

You can view her portfolio on her website http://janefarnhamdesigns.com/

Things We Love...

Clockwise from the top left corner - The New Age of Feminine Drawing No. 2, collar necklace from Anthropologie, Old Town Yarns ombre merino wool, This Is Rude neon card, washi tape, love heart sunglasses (longing for summer), Topshop bow hair clip, Topshop lipsticks in infrared, macaroon and tease, American apparel neon red polish, Topshop nail art pens, Jill Bliss notebooks, Mulberry purse, and owl ornament.

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Designer Spotlight - Frances Boyd

Image © Frances Boyd

Image © Frances Boyd

Image © Frances Boyd

Image © Frances Boyd

Today our Designer Spotlight is on Frances Boyd!

We featured Frances last year in the Designer Spotlight but since then she has completed The Art and Business of Surface pattern Design. The course has helped Frances to develop her signature style and created a whole new world of designing for her!

To find out more about Frances and her work visit her website http://www.francesboyd.com