A watercolour design of Autumn leaves with a tiny hint of 60's mod style.
Showing posts with label decoration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label decoration. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Free shipping for a limited time at Society6
Enjoy free worldwide shipping on a range of products in my Society6 shop until Midnight 13 July 2014 PDT! Simply click on this promo link: http://society6.com/natalieryan?promo=e27c29
Monday, March 10, 2014
Leafy love
The fresh yet timeless combination of blue and white is a favourite of mine, especially for kitchen and tabletop design. I created this leaf pattern with watercolour and coloured pencil.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Cool blues on a hot day
I seem to go through a tube of Ultramarine Blue water colour each month! This is a snippet of a new series of summer inspired ceramic designs I'm working on at the moment.
Monday, February 3, 2014
A very leafy jacquard
I have been well and truly M.I.A around here of late but here are a few images of my jacquard leaf bed linen design named 'Folair' that has recently appeared online at Target Australia.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Pink and Purple
Another week in Lilla-land has sped by with an insight into the wonderful world of Wall Art. The brief was for an abstract piece of wall art (with lettering) in a colour combination determined by birth dates. Being a Pisces, I scored pink and purple. I finally got an excuse to dig into to my collection of sari fabrics gathered from a back-packing trip to India a few years ago. The joys of being a fabric hoarder......
'Papillons' and 'Home is where the Heart is'.
And my pesky cat.
Monday, May 13, 2013
Cottonbox Kids website has launched
The new Cottonbox Kids bed linen collection is now online at http://www.cottonboxkids.com.au
Worldwide shipping is available too!
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Digging up the past
Out in the dusty back paddock, under a mulberry tree lies a burial ground for long-ago broken ceramics and other discarded household items; old irons, tins and cutlery. Every couple of years the paddock is ploughed ready for the winter crops, and more treasures make their way to the surface.
This is my first go at mosaics - hopefully this pot will look OK (potted up with daffodils I think) and if so, my next project will be a bird bath. I love the delicate and ornate patterns - a shame to waste!
The owner of the mosaic studio has a garden filled with quirky little mosaic details too.
Monday, May 6, 2013
Textiles by Mary Schoeser
I love a good textile design reference book and Textiles: The Art of Mankind by Mary Schoeser is a must have for any admirer of the wonderful world of decorative textiles.
Covering textile art and design from around the world and through the centuries, the book meanders through diverse subject matter such as Indian woven silk fabrics from the 15th Century, the sinuous and elegant line work of William Morris' block printed furnishing fabrics, densely stitched robes worn by Turkmen tribal women, through to the brightly coloured brocade weaves of 20th Century Guatemalan dress fabrics. These examples are just a tiny slither of the vast selection of beautifully documented textiles featured in this wonderful tome - and I call it a tome as it is one very heavy book, beware Ikea shelves! Over 1000 images reveal the beauty and variety of textiles in stunning detail.
The author Mary Schoeser writes: 'Over the past forty years, the first hand sight of hundreds and thousands of examples has convinced me that textiles are beautiful, inventive, expressive, and more. They reveal the human compulsion to engage with texture, colour and storytelling. They record our ever-changing feelings of play, joy, wonder and profound thoughtfulness. They preserve skills, encourage creativity and represent continuity'.
Themes covered in the book include Impact, Ingredients, Structure, Surface, Added Dimensions and Imagery. By juxtaposing historical and contemporary textiles from around the world, the author highlights an unbroken story of skill and invention stretching back thousands of years.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
From Holland
One of my favourite kid's design blogs is DecoPeques from Spain, and each week they send out a condensed newsletter of highlights from the blog. Today I spotted a few of my textile designs alongside these beautiful beds from Saartje Prum that look as if they belong in a fairy tale. So many Dutch homeware companies manage to combine quirky & kid friendly design down pat!
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
A box of goodness
The other day my Dad walked into my studio carrying a box bearing my name and address (as I live in a remote rural location the mail is delivered only three times a week and all packages have to be picked up and signed for from the local general store). I couldn't recall ordering anything on-line of late, so this was quite a surprise.
The lovely Mona from Cottonbox had sent me a sample of all of my new designs for Cottonbox Kids.
Herbie and Bonjour the cat were my volunteer but very camera-shy models!
Aviator bed linen by Cottonbox Kids. The watercolour textures of my artwork have been faithfully reproduced on a kid friendly cotton base-cloth.
You can visit the Cottonbox website here!
Friday, February 1, 2013
A country retreat
I love an old fashioned country garden and this one, Bloomfield in Stanley (just out of Beechworth, Victoria) was packed with inspiring ideas and features that I would love to re-create in my own garden, one day.....
Even better, the house is just across the road from the famous Stanley Pub. It was very hard to leave after a lovely long weekend!
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