A Sense of Arcadia - part 2

The second part of the “A Sense of Arcadia” collection sees further screen and digitally printed luxury wallpapers and interior fabrics. Looking at the escapism and tranquil elements of our gardens and the comfort that textiles bring into our homes with hints from the Arts and Crafts Movement.

Designs capturing Jane’s fine-line hand drawn qualities from her visual studies of the gardens and countryside that we escape too. Jane Gray’s handwriting style is of an illustrative style that hints at archival drawings and etchings.  This style has evolved and developed over the years and has become a strong basis of her design practice.

With focus on using fabrics and papers that are made from natural materials, and where possible keeping the use of technology to the minimum only using it to help elevate the designs, not create fully.  Mixing contemporary illustrative style with the more traditional processes.   For example, a full-length screen-printed wallpaper, Cyanotype developing, lino printing etc. Ensuring the hand-touched affect is not lost.

The collection has been designed with the target market of medium to high end interior market and could also be used in life-style elements, and stationery.

Arcadia - “a place of rustic innocence and simple, quiet pleasure. Arcadian can mean “idyllically pastoral” or “idyllically innocent, simple, or untroubled.””,

(Merriam-Webster, 2022)

If you have any enquiries about these designs or would like to purchase any of these items please drop us an email.

Hand-drawn fine line illustration of Bluebell.

"Stop and Smell the Flowers" hand screen printed on cork wallpaper

“Stop and Smell the Flowers” design hand screen-printed onto cork wallpaper. The “distress” and glimpses of silver from the paper’s texture adds to the archival style I wanted in this collection.

"A Peony By Any Other Name" Screen-printed Wallpaper Process

Taking an illustration to the end stage of a full-length screen printed repeating wallpaper.

Cyanotype development of “Stop and Smell the Flowers” design on cartridge paper.

Up-close photograph of "Blossoms and Butterflies" hand screen-printed onto cork wallpaper.

Up-close photograph of "Blossoms and Butterflies" hand screen-printed onto cork wallpaper.

“Stop and Smell the Flowers”, digital visualisations of how the design could be used in an interior setting. Created using Photoshop.

“A Peony By Any Other Name”, digital visualisations of how the design could be used in an interior setting. Created using Photoshop.

“Blossoms and Butterflies”, digital visualisations of how the design could be used in an interior and lifestyle setting. Created using Photoshop.

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