Description: This beautiful and inspirational book written by a doyenne of British textile design explores the art of painting and making patterns on cloth.
Brief description:
Sarah Campbell has been painting patterns for textiles for well over fifty years; she co-founded the distinguished design company CollierCampbell with her late sister Susan Collier, formalising their sisterly partnership. She now works on her own - making, teaching, writing and continuing to paint designs both for commercial production and as special commissions. She is the co-author, with Emma Shackleton, of The Collier Campbell Archive, fifty years of passion in pattern and has published two other books: The Art of Pattern and Dailies, co-designed with Stafford Cliff.
Sarah has mounted several exhibitions, a celebration of Susan's and her fifty years in design, and two shows at The Fashion and Textile Museum. Starting her career making designs for Liberty of London in the '60s, she has worked in the industry consistently ever since. Over the years, customers in the UK have included Bill Gibb, Yves St Laurent, Jaeger, Cacharel, Caroline Charles, Habitat, John Lewis, M&S, Conran, Fischbacher, Magpie Line, Museums and Galleries Ltd and Stringberry. In the US, she has collaborated with Martex, WestPoint Stevens, Springs Global, Imperial Wallcoverings, and more recently Michael Miller Fabrics, Free Spirit Fabrics, West Elm and Anthropologie.Review Quotes:
"I cannot think of a better artist than Sarah Campbell to introduce would-be designers to produce hand-painted textiles. Sarah has made a career focusing on the delights of pattern in simple, but deliciously varied, directions. Anyone who notices pattern will have spotted her witty designs on so many furnishing items. Here she stimulates her readers to play with basic brushstrokes, creating bold geometry, and arming them with techniques to create endless personal flights of fancy. My fingers itch to play with all the possibilities that dance in my head each time I thumb through this delightful book." --Kaffe Fassett MBE, Artist & Author
"Hand-painted Textiles by Sarah Campbell is just the sort of book I've wanted. Jam-packed with Sarah's signature hand-painted style, giving all her techniques and inspiration to inspire anyone to have a go. My eye is dancing with possibility." --Brandon Mably, Designer & Author "This book is the perfect result of Sarah's ability to create uplifting and joyful patterns combined with her passion for sharing her enthusiasm for making them. Sarah embraces hand painting and printing, guiding the reader through wide ranging techniques and considerations for design projects. Visually rich and highly accessible, the pages are full of flowers, geometrics, birds & beasts to inspire the reader. With an impressive back catalogue of highly successful textile designs for industry some of which are included, Sarah helps you to be brave and playful, sharing in her joy of colour, rhythm and motif on cloth." --Kate Farley, Designer & Academic "with brush, paint and fabric [Sarah] shows us how to get hands-on with joyful and playful pattern" --UPPERCASE Magazine "Flicking through the pages of this book makes you want to grab your brushes and get painting." --Handprinted