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I have eleven designs in my portfolio- Cabbage, Daisies, Dragonfly, Feather, Iced, Iris, Net, Potato Flower, Delphinium, Roses and Thistle
Cabbage
The Cabbage design is directly inspired by the patterns obtained from sliced cabbage.
Photographs of sliced cabbage were used as templates for cut work. Fine cut outs of card were produced interpreting the negative spaces in the images; these patterns were then translated into silk screen print by using the card cut outs as stencils for screen production. The design was also developed in other mediums with cut work using felt and embroidery techniques and also for further pattern making in the graphics programme Photoshop where images may be overlaid to increase their complexity. These designs are explored both as positive and negative images.
Within the Cabbage china range the pattern is used mainly in its simplest and boldest form for a dramatic and classic design which will stand the test of time
Available in black
Daisies
The Daisies design was produced as a Mothers Day gift for my mother and originated from a line drawing of the small green daisies used by florists. I wanted to create a wall plate that was typically floral but clearly contemporary.
The finished design was created in Photoshop with the use of a shadow behind the flowers to give the 3D feel of the finished design.
The resulting Mothers Day plate proved so popular I developed the design further for application to the other china pieces in my sets creating a bold contemporary result.
Available as Orange Daisies
Dragonfly
The Dragonfly design arose from the study of a dead dragonfly. We get lots of dragonflies in our garden as there are large ponds nearby, however they are difficult to capture in detail whilst on the move.
My dead dragonfly was rather brown and dried from sun exposure received on the uppermost ledge of the conservatory. However with photography I could capture the fine network of its wings and work on the image with incorporation of block colour and duplication of the image to create a shadow effect. This shadow effect gives the impression that the dragonfly is in flight and hovering over the china.
Application of the Dragonfly motif to the china range creates a popular and illustrative design choice.
Available as Blue, Green or Purple Dragonflies
Feather
The Feather design is rather distant from its origins as a line drawing of carrot tops and is named for its finished appearance.
The original drawing work is very much manipulated and the finished design created using various techniques within Photoshop. What is particularly pleasing about the Feather design is how the various aspects of the design specifically complement the shapes of the china pieces to which they are applied. For example the swirling curving nature of the design for the saucer and bowls and the looping repeated pattern of the design for the cup and mugs.
The Feather china range has a familiar traditional feel whilst being desirable in its clearly contemporary status. With this sense of attachment to a classic traditional design it will remain ageless.
Available in Blue or Green
Iced
This design range was created for one of my degree course briefs. My design ‘Iced’ was produced specifically for use within a top quality, contemporary teashop or afternoon tea experience (such as that at Claridges or the Ritz) where a range of teas and fine cakes such as iced fancies and chocolate delicacies in little paper wrappers are served.
I used pleated cup cake wrappers, scrunched up paper serviettes, doyleys and cake icing to develop the designs. The various papers were scrunched and painted using both paint and inks before being scanned for manipulation of the images in Photoshop. Motifs were created and icing patterns obtained by webs created from colour selection within these motifs.
The finished designs are exceptionally original, the Iced china range is contemporary and feminine; the motifs are abstract but have a sense of form often being seen as bows and butterflies.
Available in Pink
Iris
The Iris design collection derives from one motif, an individual iris flower. The flower image arises from photographs and gouache paintings, with superimposed effects achieved in Photoshop.
The flower is used both singly and repeatedly on the plates and bowls to create repeat patterns for a carnival of texture. The sense of the flower head is often lost as the interwoven nature of the pattern takes over and this type of complex repeated design strongly appeals to my own creative taste.
The Iris china range is fresh, fun and frilly, yet classic.
Available in Blue
Net
The Net design is derived from the exploration of textile weave, net and fragments of material. The image arises from drawings of coarsely woven fabric and net which have been translated into screen print. The screen print image has been printed onto fabric using a mix of coloured ink.
The arising fabric sample was scanned into Photoshop and the image fragmented to create the net design. Areas of the design have reduced opacity giving a softer feel and an increased sense of age in the design, like the faded patches of an ancient armchair.
The pattern captures the line work from the original drawings, the texture of the fabric onto which the image is printed and the colour blend of the inks used.
The Net china range mixes up the smooth glaze and crisp white clarity of fine bone china with the textured aged image of the design; it is an unusual and beautiful mix.
Available as Green with Purple
Potato Flower
The Potato Flower design has a warm country feel to it. The design is achieved by Photoshop manipulation of a photograph of the flowers with overlaying and fading creating texture.
Elements of the pattern have been cut out to create flower motifs.
The colour palatte has been changed to give it vitality and warmth.
Available as Blue with Orange
Roses, Delphinium and Thistle
These 3 flower designs are new for the end of 2009, beginning 2010.
They arise from paintings with applied shadow effects which are achieved using photoshop techniques, these give a sense of depth and a lovely misty and watery quality.
Each flower also comes overlaid on a 'cut out' pattern for plates and saucers, a further option within each design set. The designs have a desirable retro feel.
Blue for Delphinium, Red and pink for Roses and Green for Thistle
Joanna London Print Decorated Ceramics offers you original design for fine bone china tableware
©Joanna London Print Decorated Ceramics 2009
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