V&A

V&A Sparkk wallpaper 

V&A on Sparkk's Layla Linen

Up close cad of V&A bird 

Up close cad of V&A bird 

I designed V&A as a homage to the Victorian and Albert museum, a museum that is dedicated to showcase the worlds most beautiful art design.  

V&A is all hand painted then scanned into photoshop then placed into repeat. I love that this design is digitally printed for I can finally showcase my fine art background to the max, for it capture every layer of paint and brush stroke.

My dream is to one day have some of my designs showcased in the V&A, and yes I  dream big :-) 

HOME BEAUTIFUL FEATURE

Home Beautiful has just released their August issue and to my surprise they did an amazing feature on my work. They Quote "Move over Gatsby, our newest style obsession is "The Great Shalimar".

BRITISH INDIA LAUNCH

Belle Magazine, August/September

What a fantastic week! the "British India" collection has finally been launched, and to top it of Belle magazine has featured our "The Great Shalimar" and "Calcutta" in their latest issue!!

If you wish to view more of the "British India" designs or purchase them please visit Sparkk or Bethany Linz.

THE GREAT SHALIMAR

                        

Original artwork of "The Great Shalimar"

   

"The Great Shalimar" in repeat

                            

Image of "The Shalimar" printed on linen

                         

I really wanted to capture that tropical essence that the Victorian's brought back from India, and what better way than create a design with huge traveler palms and bananas!


The Great Shalimar was named after the nickname for "The Great Exhibition" created by Prince Albert to exhibit modern industrial technology in 1851.

The thing I love about this design is that leaves can be used in a lot more interior environments compared to florals, they can be masculine and feminine. This particular design I can see placed in commercial bars, contemporary living rooms and bedrooms.
"The Great Shalimar" can be printed on all of Sparkk's ground cloths, that includes all wall-coverings and my favourite which is a vinyl that is scrubbable, so in the end this design can even make its way to the bathroom or kitchen walls :-)

ART WORKS FOR THE BRITISH INDIA COLLECTION

This photo was taken while I was in my painting stage of my British India collection.
The reason why I painted everything was because this was the first collection I have designed for digital textiles, so as you can imagine I was excited to finally be able to capture my painterly brush marks within my textiles. 
As you can see lots of my art was inspired by traditional botanical drawings that were created during the British India period. 

BRITISH INDIA

British India vision board

Exotic Mural

Victorian wicker furniture 

Victorian style greenhouse

Exotic bathroom mural

The reason why I chose British India as the theme for my first collection was simply because I love all things victorian. 

During the reign of Queen Victoria, Britain was discovering the treasures and culture of India, the Victorians as a result started to have a love affair with all things Indian and they began to decorate their houses with tropical plants and murals of exotic flowers and birds.

You wouldn't think that two opposite worlds colliding together design-wise would work so harmoniously, but having bright green tropical foliage and exotic murals work so well next to the dark wooden furniture and victorian tiles. 

With this collection I wanted to capture that "new world meets old", having a tropical collection whilst still keeping a classic British feel about it. 

AN EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

I'm very excited to announce that Bethany Linz in now an official label consisting of art, wallpaper and textiles.

I have partnered up with the lovely Pauline Ollmann who will be in charge of the ever so important sales side of the business.

Our first collection British India is a collaboration with Sydney based textile label Sparkk, so if you want to place any orders from the British India collection please contact Christian Rysenbry at christian@sparkk.com.au.

Bethany xxx