Sculptural elements...

I ;love the sculptural elements of theses head pieces by milliner Sarah Cant. The shapes and forms are really interesting and tie in with the the sculptural element influencing the neckpiece I am making at the minute...

http://www.sarahcant.co.uk/ss12gallery.html

Embellishment inspiration...

Theres nothing like a look to fashion for some good old inspiration, especially when it comes to Embroidery and especially when your looking at Dolce and Gabbana...

Just mmmm...

http://www.style.com/fashionshows/complete/F2014RTW-DGABBANA

History repeats itself...

Another element of art history springs to mind when I Look at these charming hand printed wallpapers by Lizzie Allen. My study of Toiles de jouy and Art Deco textiles brought to light how national events and popular goings on were depicted through motifs on fabrics at the time, not dissimilar to Lizzies wallpaper motifs...

The art history element of the course is really interesting me (despite finding it a tough slog I'm not gonna lie!), I'm loving understanding why things look the way they do/ did and how it happened in a certain way. I can see myself using art history referenced within my own work in the future.

http://www.lizzieallen.co.uk/wallpapers_2008/wallpapers_2009.html

BRDEIF, J. Toiles de Jouy P.146

Art deco similarities...

I've spent the day mulling through art history and in particular at the Art Deco period, I've just found these tea towel designs by Lindsey Lang ; the patterns and colours remind me of some of the art deco textiles that I came across today!

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  http://lindseylang.co.uk/collections/tea-towels

Colour palette inspiration...

After talking about personalised colour palettes and how I'm still a little scared of colour only yesterday, I just had to reblog this post I found on http://printpattern.blogspot.co.uk.
The colours are simply gorgeous, I love the fact that they are bright yet still sophisticated and not too garish. Some of the actual patterns however I'm not as keen on (further down the line byAngela Walters and Jeni Baker) I don't find the graphic repetition of the prints interesting enough but I really do like the collection by Chic Flora as despite being quite graphic, they still retain a delicacy (it could be the florals!) Definitely a flash of colour palette inspiration...

Here are some more upcoming fabrics due for release this spring at Art Gallery Fabrics. February saw the arrival of Chic Flora an in-house designed collection of  lush florals in mineral blue, coral, and lime.

Below: Next month will see the release of Pat Bravo's 'Essentials'collection.

Below : Also arriving in March is 'Drift' by Angela Walters, inspired by a tropical island paradise.

And finally (below) April  will see the arrival of Dreamin Vintage by Jeni Baker.

Lovely lovely...

I've come across a lovely textiles/ inspriation blog. I'll definitely be using this to help with future projects. Love their passion for finding inspiration in everything***

http://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/home/index.php?DRIS_ID=MS58_003v