Creative finds from Goa!

I could have bought so many bold bright and colourful items in Goa. Especially these beautiful fabrics which were only £1.50 a meter! I have no idea what I want to make with them yet. I did think a very bold patchwork quilt. They would make some lovely summer dresses or even brighten up a room as a cushion. 

This was one of my favourites. I love how it isn't always perfect and there are slight areas where the print has bled. I certainly can't wait to get designing again. I've never done a design with just motifs and paisley shapes but I would love to have a go. 

I also bought some heavy woven fabrics which unfortunately I do have a cheeky snap of. These were from what I called an Indian Liberty. It was full of amazing antiques, high quality fabrics, carpets and some very sparkly jewellery. 

I also took along with me a printed tote bag, I wanted to give it to someone I met on my journey. I met a lovely lady called Anita who travelled each day to work at a beach shack on the beach. She helped them out and when all the sun loungers was full, was able to start selling her own souvenirs or paint peoples nails. She left around 7 each day, travelled home and returned the next for 9am. She sometimes has to hide her items from the coast guards as they would confiscate them. I thought it would be a good bag for her to hide her belongings in. 

We also visited one of the busiest markets in Goa. It was also on for nearly the entire night! It was fantastic! Talk about late night shopping. Lots of different pieces of art and souvenirs. Leo really liked these carved masks. At first I found them extremely scary but then after time I really liked this white one of the elephant god. It seemed to have more detail than the rest and we chose to buy it. We also bought a couple of prints by two other modern artists. 

I loved this sign that I came across on one of the artists stalls. It is known in India to haggle a good price but I completely agree with this statement :)

Cannot believe its been a month ago now! I still love looking at the photo's! 

Run of Dye 2014!

Last weekend I took part in the Run or Dye event at Castle Howard in Yorkshire. All geared up in my running gear all I needed was my white Run or Dye T-shirt. I was ready and began the 5K race very clean.....

We then slowly began to get more and more colourful. I did the event with my two close friends Lydia ad Jade. At each 1KM we got showered by people ready and waiting to throw coloured dye at you. It was so exciting to see everyone smiling and too exciting to find out which colour would be next.

I don't know how my phone survived the event, I was worried but it did, and we got some fantastic photographs of the event! Being a girl, pink was the favourite colour to get thrown :)

After the run everyone gathered around the stage with music and more dye being thrown in celebration. It was fantastic and such a fab experience. I have never ran any type of race before and it was such an enjoyable experience with two of my close friends, and what better way to make you happy than have loads of colour thrown at you! All ages ran from big to small.

Here is one of the dye stops. Now you may be worried what this is doing to the environment. The dye is an eco friendly plant based powder! So no need to worry. You may only need to worry about your clothes. :)

Many were in neon tutu's and other fancy dress. What caught everyones eyes was this couple dressed as the bride and groom. Her dress did begun the journey white but by the end was a lovely rainbow of colour. I think it is such a fab idea. More so for the bride than the groom.

The grounds were fantastic. I have been to Castle Howard before the visit the house and gardens. The poor people visiting on the day must of been slightly worried they would end up covered in colour themselves. Here is a little picture of me jumping with excitement. 

It was great to see so many people running for what ever reasons they have, whether it was personal, charity or just for fun. It didn't matter whether you was a keen runner, it was about enjoying the experience and enjoying the colour. I have such a laugh.

CCAD Degree Show 2014!

Did you miss it? You missed out!! The CCAD degree show is a yearly spectacular I recommend any creative to go see! It is amazing! Even if I may be abit biased as I do love the place! I was there the opening night! It was very inspiring and lovely to see some familiar faces!

The second year studio was also open along with the corridors filled with gorgeous surface design! 

Here is soon to be graduate from BA Textiles... Alex Goldsborough with her work who will be attending New Designers this year! Congratulations! Her work has also been all the way to Surtex in New York!  Her prints featuring architecture from around the world were bold and striking. Great use of print and colour!

I really want to go back!!

I didn't get as many pictures as I hoped but it was fantastic! CCAD will next be exhibiting at New Designers! Best of luck to all the New Graduates and what life holds ahead for you all!

Now I need to get back designing/printing :)

Burton Agnes Hall Orchid Festival 2014

So it was the gorgeous annual Orchid Festival at Burton Agnes Hall. Here is some of my pictures of the stunning flowers!

The snowdrops are also out in full swing is the wonderful woods. 

Whilst uploading my images on Instagram of some of my Orchids I came across this beautiful account:

http://instagram.com/orchidsinfo

Sasha Unisex

Sasha Unisex is a tattoo artist based in St Petersburg, Russia. I came across her work via a blog and thought I would check out her Instagram. I am too much of a chicken to get a tattoo myself but some of these pieces of work are simply beautiful. Have a look....

http://instagram.com/sashaunisex

New Designs: New Screens to Play with!

Hi all. I am still back at CCAD at the moment, I love spending my spare evenings trying to get some of my work done which is fantastic. The new print areas, dye lab and mixing studio are all fantastic. I have also thoroughly enjoyed being in some of the student work shops. In the future I would love to run my own screen printing work shops so it is great to see Vicky in action! (The pro) :)

For this weeks samples it has all been about my Foxglove design and Mr Robin. I have a few more little designs but these are yet to be tested. I am so happy with the outcome of these two screens. I always get anxious making my screens so when I get to see the first printed result it makes me feel fantastic! I get so excited!

The other high light of my week was producing a jelly! As this is one of my favourite food! Your never too old for some wobbly jelly I say! 

What do you think? 

Busy Busy Bee!

Hello everyone! Well we are into September! Eeek! I feel like I have so much to do in order to get ready for Christmas. I have recently left one of my three part time jobs I had for Summer. I was a bit tired but so excited to get on with some more creative work and giving all my spare energy into Lauren Cherice Designs. I do not know how I managed to have three jobs and my own business. Definitely deserve some drawing time! 

So... what better way than to start with some drawings. This week I did this quick little sketch of some boxing hares. I wasn't sure how they would turn out as I have never drawn anything with movement in before. I don't think they have turned out too bad. Maybe not as detailed as some of my other drawings. 

I have also been think about it being Christmas in the coming months, therefore I drew this robin. I have drawn a robin before but he looked rather angry and he didn't have much character to him. I am more pleased with this second attempt. I added a little colour to his chest to make him a full robin red breast :)

I have also been thinking about new repeat designs. This little arrangement is also a tote bag idea. The image above shows the work in progress but the design is coming together. I shall keep you posted!

Finally, meet my Penguin friend. Unfortunately in this picture he doesn't have any feet yet but I can assure you he does! Mr Penguin will be one of my new designs for Christmas 2013 but will also join his friends Mr Duck and Mr Owl by being in my Giclee print collection. I am also quite please with how he has turned out. I've certainly got the drawing bug at the moment... what shall I draw next!

All Images Copyright to Lauren Cherice Designs 2013.

Don't forget you can follow me on my Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/laurenchericedesign or on Twitter at @Lauren Cherice. 

Amazing Colour: Design Seeds

I thought a new blog post from me was in order as I have been a little quiet lately! So, I thought I would share with you some lovely colour palette's by Design Seeds.

I came across Design Seeds via Facebook and instantly fell in love with their amazing colour palettes which they create from an equally inspiring image. 

I thought I would share with you some of my recent favourite ones from their site. Even though, I do like rather a lot of them.

I think this is such a great website to check out, especially if your struggling to find inspiration. It also makes me want to work out the tones within some of the imagery I have and create these mini mood boards. 

What do you think? It makes me want to get drawing and experimenting with dyes :)

For more beautiful imagery, tones, colour and lots more visit Design Seed's sites below:

Website: http://design-seeds.com

Instagram: http://instagram.com/designseeds

Twitter: https://twitter.com/designseeds

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/designseeds