trip to kilve

1. Francesca Holmes
Kilve

2. Photographs from Kilve

3. Artwork from Kilve
These of some of pieces I produced whilst in Kilve. I have used a
combination of watercolours, fine liner and coloured pencils.

4. Surface Design Brief
My brief is to create a collection of wallpapers inspired by my visit to Kilve,
which can be sold in Liberty.
Current wallpapers sold in Liberty
After looking at the current wallpapers which were being sold in Liberty I was surprised by the
lack of variation in colour of the designs. The wallpapers have been designed with a very
limited colour palette.
This may be to contrast to the intricate designs within the wallpaper.
This is something I will need to consider when designing my collection of wallpapers.

5. William Morris
I decided to look at the work of William Morris as his work has
been heavily influential in Liberty and the prints which are sold
there.
Directly influenced by nature and nature
forms and shapes. Fills the design with
shapes by layering and overlapping.,
creating no empty space.

6. Pattern ideas
From researching into William Morris I then wanted to create
my own simple patterns which could be repeated.

7. Orla Kiely
As a contrast textiles designer to William Morris I then decided to
look into the work of Orla Kiely . Like Morris her work has been
influenced closely to nature however she has taken a more
simplified approach

8. Pattern ideas
These are some quick patterns I produced inspired by Orla
Kiely . I found it quite hard to produce patterns both inspired
by my photos from Kilve and in the style of Orla Kiely. I feel
these are the weakest of my designs and still need a lot of
work.
I think this is the strongest of my
designs, it is inspired by my
previous watercolour study of the
pebbles on the beach however I
have changed the colours which are
influenced by Orla Kiely

9. Matisse
The last artist I have looked closely at is Henri Matisse. As
previously I have looked at textile designers I wanted to look at a
different approach of an artist. I chose Matisse and his cut outs in
particular because I love his use of colours and the simple
repeated shapes contrasted on complimentary coloured
backgrounds. I think these shapes and colours could work really
well as a repeated pattern.