New Stockist! Studio 61 Gallery.

I am very excited to share with you my new stockist, the lovely Studio 61 Gallery run by Karina Goodman. The Gallery is based near by to the beautiful peak district in Leashaw Holloway, Derbyshire.  I first came across Studio 61 Gallery via Facebook and have been following their posts for a while. I completely love the warm feel the studio has and knew my work could fit right in and make its self at home. 

Karina works and displays her own wonderful art work in the gallery and has the reputation of selling high quality made British work. I am very excited for my birdies and friends to have flown the nest down South. 

Available to purchase at the gallery is a selection of my screen printed cushions, giclee prints and greetings cards. Featuring the favourite love birds design and Mr Squirrel just to name a few. 

For further information about the gallery please check out their website: http://www.studio61gallery.co.uk

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/www.studio61gallery.co.uk

Sewerby Hall Orangery and The Free Press!

So here we are in July already! Can you believe it. As I keep saying I really don't know where this year is going. On Sunday I had another stall in the beautiful Orangery. I was slightly worried incase we had some rain but I was completely wrong. The sun came out and it had to be one of the hottest days we have had for a while. The grounds of Sewerby was full of families enjoying the glorious weather and stunning scenery. However, I'm not sure why I took a picture of the ceiling of the Orangery but I thought it was interesting. 

At Sewerby there was a lovely stall selling knitted items for Macmillan. I absolutely fell in love with this little house which turned into a tissue box. The lady showed us how they were made. I think they are fantastic and even better.. for a great cause. 

So here you are, a little picture of me. At my last event I had a 12ft table so I was finding it very difficult to condense my stock to fit a 6ft space but I got there in the end. What do you think?

I was also very happy to see an article published in the local paper- The Bridlington Free Press about me and my friend Lydia and our businesses. I wasn't sure when it was going to be in so it was lovely to wake up Thursday morning with some messages from close friends saying they had seen it.

Finally, just to let you know my next event is at the end of July at the Merchant Adventurer's Hall in York. It is such a beautiful building and I am very excited to be in such a beautiful city in the heart of Yorkshire. 

http://madelocallywithlove.co.uk

Hope to see some of you there :)

Fashion and Textiles Exhibition at East Riding College

On Tuesday I went to the opening of the Level 3 BTEC Fashion and Clothing exhibition. I was very sad this year due to my work commitments I was unfortunate to get to CCAD's end of year show or New Designers. So, I was definitely going to try attend this one on my doorstep. I was very excited and thought I would share with you some of the students work. 

As I love drawing wildlife, the work of Jess Pickering caught my eye straight away as I entered the room. Her drawing is absolutely stunning. I love how she combines her graphic style with fabric manipulation. Her butterfly illustrations looked extremely life like I thought one might love if I touched it.

Along with some excellent drawing there was some amazing sewing skills at hand. I have previously tried to make a corset at college on my foundation year so can appreciate how hard and complex it is. This piece above, is by Elizabeth Shipley. The execution of the piece was extremely professional. I was very impressed. 

Another great piece was this corset by Charlotte Valerie Smith. I was very impressed with some of the standard of work of these students. It certainly made me want to go back to Uni. I would love to go back if I could. I think they might notice me though making a mess in the print room :)

Dylan's Play Date!

I was very excited when my sister said her friend has a female french bull dog who is also a brindle. Dylan loves other dogs, so much he starts crying in street if he can't go say hello. So, I was very eager to introduce him to Poppy who is 5. 

Yesterday we met at the beach, I wasn't sure how they would be, Dylan was clearly intrigued and eager to be off his lead to run around straight away. It turned out to be so funny. They were constantly running after each other, in the sea in the sand. Poppy, even though older and larger in size was alot faster than Dylan. Here are a few of my favourite photo's from last nights events. 

I also follow quite a lot of frenchie's on instagram and have been in regular contact with someone locally in Scarborough who have a french bull dog a day older than Dylan who is also a brindle. It is great to see his progress like Dylan's. You can find his instagram page here: http://instagram.com/carltonthefrenchie

If your new to Lauren Cherice Designs... Here is a little introduction and update!

About:

Lauren Cherice is a Surface Designer currently based in the East Riding of Yorkshire. After graduating from Cleveland College of Art and Design in 2011 with First Class Honors in a BA(Hons) Textiles and Surface Design, Lauren launched her tote bag range. Lauren specialises in producing furnishing fabrics and accessories by traditionally screen printing her designs from home. 

Inspired by natural flora and fauna, she uses her own photography to help her produce beautiful contemporary detailed drawings. The use of pen, ink and other mix media allow her to create several layers within her artwork to give her pieces subtle depth that develops through into her prints. 

Stockists of my work: 

1. Alex May Gallery, Bridlington
2. Behind the Times, Bridlington
3. The Old Grammar School Gallery, Otley
4. The Joe Cornish Gallery, Northallerton.
5. Laure Loves Boutique (Online) http://www.lauralovesboutique.com
6. The Folio, Hartlepool. Soon to be online.
7. My own Etsy Store. http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LaurenChericeDesigns

Events Coming up attending:

1. Sewerby Hall, 30th June
2. From Yorkshire with Love, York. 28th July
3. Hornsea Leisure Centre, 4th August.
4. Others to be confirmed.

I am hoping to book more events later in the year along with finding more stockists for my work :)

Current and Future News

My dream is to have my own screen printing studio in which I can print fabrics and have workshops. This is currently in development but I am hoping to seek some funding to help me with this dream. At present I screen print all my designs for my tote bags and cushions from my home in Bridlington. To fund my love for printing I currently have part time jobs in retail. 

At the beginning of the year my mouse drawing was used for the Priory Mouse competition. http://www.priory900.org/name-the-priory-mouse/ I was very excited to be involved with the Priory 900 celebration.

I currently have a collection of screen printed tote bags and cushions for sale. I also produce my illustrations on greetings cards, iphone cases and giclee prints.

Social Media:

Blog: www.laurenchericedesigns.blogspot.com

Facebook:www.facebook.com/laurenchericedesign

Twitter: @Laurencherice

Email:laurenchericedesigns@hotmail.com

I hope this info has been useful and you feel you know me and my business a little bit more.

Thank you,

Lauren. 

A New Commission... Two little dogs...

My lovely friend Jade asked me to draw her two dogs, Reg and Jeff. I was very excited/nervous as I know these dogs well and really wanted to do a good job. Especially when she said she wanted them to be a gift for her mums birthday. So as of Monday I had these finished. I do love drawing animals as you know but I do tend to stick to drawing birds. I was a bit uncertain how their hair would come along but I had a bit of practice earlier by drawing Dylan. So here we go....

I started with the face as I feel this is the most important part. I didn't want to leave this till last as I think the eyes are what makes it look like the animal/person. I was very happy once I had completed this stage as I definitely could see a likeness. 

Here is a little picture of me at work :) just so you can put a face behind all this chattering.

So here we are, the finished results. I used pen on tracing paper for these drawings backed on card and wrapped for presenting. I do love drawing and it was nice to get some time this summer to relax. I am now excited to start more development on my studio. My next stage is some designing and to build a larger light box to expose some bigger screens. Then its the water situation. I am still hoping to build my screen collection too.

Anyway thats enough rambling for one post. Please feel free to let me know what you think?

Thanks, Lauren :)

You can also follow me on Facebook: www.facebook.com/laurenchericedesign and twitter @LaurenCherice

A Lovely Feature: Becka Bonce's Blog!

I was very excited this week to hear Becka Bonce has featured me and my work on their lovely Blog. Becka Bonce had featured me earlier in the year in a blog post about pastel tones featuring my popular love bird tote bags in blue. The Becka Bonce blog is full of fantastic design inspiration and I am so excited to now be included in parts of it. Here is a quick preview of the blog post but to read the full feature follow this little link... http://beckabonce.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/wednesdays-spotlight-lauren-cherice.html

Above: My tote bag featured on Becka Bonce Pastel Blog Post. 

See the full post here: http://beckabonce.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/beckabonce-loves-pastels.html

You can also find Becka Bonce on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beckabonce

And Also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Becka_Bonce

I would just like to say a Big Thank you to them for featuring me!