New in! Colori by Este Macleod
Esté is a South Africa born professional artist and designer based in England. She originally studied textile and fine art printmaking degrees followed by an MA in Jewellery Design in 2012.
Her work is bold and colourful and characterised by use of stylised forms and painted layers. Esté draws inspiration from nature, seasons, travel, daily observations and her vivid imagination. All of her creations start off as paintings on canvas. Esté’s work leans Itself to be used on all kinds of applications from stationery, packaging to wallpaper and homeware. Recent clients include Crate&Barrel, John Lewis, Paper Product Design, Robin Sprong Wallpaper, Flametree Publishing, Ceaco puzzles, Pink Lady apples and Paperchase.
Este says:
"Every design of mine that's turned into textiles, wallpaper and other applications starts off as an actual tactile painting where a variety of materials are used on paper and canvas. Working digitally doesn’t really suit my way of creating, I prefer to get my fingers dirty and I thrive on what if’s and happy accidents. Paintings evolve over time as layers are added in different media including watercolour, acrylic, collage and a variety of drawing materials. Printing and stamping techniques are often incorporated and that is in fact how some of the designs in this new quilt collection started out.
You can see below the evolution of some of the designs before they were scanned and turned into repeat patterns digitally., the Colori collection also includes fabrics printed with my recognizable bird, floral and organic plant motifs."
