Cayena Blanca

I recently discovered an artist/graphic-textile designer via Pinterest called Cayena Blanca; and now I just can't get enough of her and her designs. She works primarily with watercolours and most of her designs are influenced by Latin America with its organic textures and livid colours. She doesn't just stick to one area of design such as gift, but explores it all and has done loads of different sorts of projects - from wallpapers to fashion to ceramics... all that you can see on her website. (http://www.cayenablanca.com/) I think her work is absolutely gorgeous and I'll admit to have downloading a couple of her desktop backgrounds myself! Each of her designs are so signature, yet each piece of work is complete different to the next. I'd love to see what her studio and sketchbooks look like - I can only imagine!

(01)
'Urban Tales'

(02)
Wallpaper Design

References:
(01) - http://www.cayenablanca.com/project/urban-tales/
(02) - http://www.cayenablanca.com/project/cayena-blanca-wallpaper/ 

The Designers and the Companies

This week we were told to research at least 5 different Textile Surface designers or companies that work with interiors. I've tried to choose the ones that I already know a little about, and that inspire my own work.

1. Timorous Beasties
I absolutely love Timorous Beasties - they were the first to jump to my head when we were given the task. I first stumbled across them when I received a book called 'Patterns' by Drusilla Cole for Christmas one year.
Timorous Beasties was founded in Glasgow in 1990 by Alistair and Paul Simmons, and you could probably see some of their designs in and around London, in John Lewis and at the Edinburgh National Portrait Gallery. (http://www.timorousbeasties.com/about)
The wallpaper design (01) is one of many ink blot designs by Timorous Beasties, and what I love about them are the fact that they must all start out being very experimental, as there's no way to predict what's going to happen, yet as they're worked in to they all turn out looking really carefully crafted.
I think that the fabric design (02) is fantastic. Toile patterns are my favourite - they're delicate, intricate and always interesting. I especially like this one because it's totally original. Normally toile patterns consist of Japanese florals or birds, but this design has an industrial, London theme to it too - I've never seen that done before.

(01)
Timorous Beasties Wallcoverings -
Grand Blotch Damask Solid Wallcovering