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bethania lima is originally from brazil but is now based in Santiago, chile. bethania has always been a lover of pattern, but only began working as a surface designer in april 2012 after she completed the art & business of surface design course. since graduating from the popular e-course she has exhibited her work at indigo paris. bethania recently compiled a new website to display her beautiful patterns and collections and is available for licensing and commissions.
samantha jayne wood is a surface pattern designer who is about to graduate from the university of bolton with a BA (Hons) in textile/surface design. samantha will also be exhibiting at new designers part one in london at the end of june. samanth'a latest project theme involved researching organic forms and nature including plants, flowers, insects and butterflies. she explored these aspects, and developed various collections of gift wrap, greetings cards, scarves and stationery. Samantha says "studying textiles/surface design as a degree has enhanced my passion. I now plan to further pursue design for the greetings/stationery market and hope to gain as much work experience within designs companies to gain my dream job as a surface designer in a contemporary and commercial design studio". contact : samantha_w1udy@hotmail.com
new england based designer hannah rosengren recently graduated from art school in maine with a degree in illustration. hannah draws her inspirations from nature and mid century design, listening to the monkees gave her an interest in the1960s aesthetic and colours, and she enjoys working with flat colour in graphic compositions for her patterns.
and finally today a few new arrivals at the soma gallery in bristol. the first two (above & below) are by hazel nicholls. hazel is one of three new printmakers to join the gallery after being spotted at the 'pick me up' art fair held at london's somerset house.
below : new crocodile print by lisa jones.
there are also new mug designs in from peskimo, including this 'foxy forest' design below.
masaru suzuki is a japanese designer who is probably best known as a freelance designer for marimekko. but masaru also has his own fabric label called OTTAIPNU who produce vivid hand printed fabrics. here I have picked out a few of my favourite fabrics, which include a recent umbrella exhibition, but you can also find more online here at OTTAIPNU.
