Blue skies, spoons & Pigment Pots

Blue sky, spoons and pigment pots, a small peek into my printing this week! 

 As promised, some snaps from the studio...i've been playing around with my Poppy Collection imagery over the last few days, tweaking things here and there.  You'll see above some bits of print that i have been experimenting with, working out colourways and scale, hopefully to be taken forward onto some gorgeous linens which arrived through the post this week! Watch this space!  
Also a bit of patchwork has crept into my print ideas of late, i've had a softspot for patchwork for a while now...you can see a quick smidgen of this patchworky print going on in the first pic, i'll have to see where it takes me.  Ill post some more of my experiments of this patchwork malarky soon, maybe you could all help me out with some colourway ideas?

Lillian

Hello once more, apologies for my recent lack of blog posting...its been a busy few weeks with all sorts of new products coming nicely together as we speak, lots of printing in the Lillian's House attic has been a'happening!

I've been working on some new business cards and thankyou notes and wanted to share some of the imagery that i've been using with you as i think its completely charming...all of the photos above have been foraged from a wonderful old flaky photo album and feature Lillian, after whom Lillian's House is named.  Part of the story behind Lillian's House comes from these photo's of her, i hope you like them.


So, i'll be posting again soon, with some tit-bits of colour, pattern and the workshop for you to nosey at.

Some rather delicious details...

I dont think i need to say much, please enjoy these little details of hand printed t's and sashes by Lillian's House.  I hope you like the print, think...patchwork, 50's, florals and postage stamps.

All imagery by the fabulous Becky Mitchell Photography

Adding to the collection, bit by bit.

So I've shown you some of the framed Poppy prints from the 'Poppy Collection'...but i thought i should let you see how the rest of the collection is coming together.

My working process is quite organic so i don't set off thinking 'Yes, this will be a ...' it just seems to happen. I like to let my drawings 'fall' into where they belong, which i hope gives the prints that i develop a nice fresh look!

Thought i'd show you a few of the first drawings that the collection is based on, they just seemed to spring up over the pages of my sketchbook. These sketches are quite raw, but i like the lines and marks in the drawings. It is very important to me that you can see that my work is hand drawn...i like an illustrative quality to remain in my print, so all of the little squiggles and dots that may seem very rough are important to me!

Setting the scene

A small look at a snippet of a moodboard that i am putting together for my next collection.

A pair, a place and a time.