Kate Bingaman-Burt

Kate Bingaman-Burt is an illustrator based in Portland, OR, USA.  Kate has a very unique & quirky illustrative style as she creates drawings, prints, typography, textiles, patterns the list is endless. Since 2002 Kate has been creating illustrations based on consumption. Each time Kate purchases something she draws it in her illustrative way, something she has been doing since 2006. Kate uses a variety of colours within her work & I love the diversity of her designs. Kate also has an online shop & a blog which is updated daily. Enjoy, Hannah.

Miho Unexpected Things

Hello Everyone! Friday is not my ordinary day of post so I thought I would show you something extraordinary today. Miho is a company from Italy that creates fabulous decorative items using eco materials and gorgeous patterns. Everything is cut out of a flat wooden board and flat packed. I love the fact that its up to you to put it together like a game with an incredible prize at the end. I mostly love the deer heads but everything is cool, fresh and definitely new. Click here to view a video and visit their website. See you next week. Love Moni!

Creative Sketchbook (new art & design platform)

Behind Creative Sketchbook, a new exciting, inspirational & a great resourced blog is Gemma Robinson, who is a talented designer, teacher & very good friends with Rachael as they met whilst at University. 

"This is a creative blog dedicated to share art and design from the past and present to provide a source of inspiration."

Many different artists, designers etc have been featured on this blog. If you'd like to be featured on this blog you can email Gemma: creativesketchbook@hotmail.com

I hope you find this blog just as inspiring as I do. And I love the header too! Enjoy, Hannah :)

DENY Designs - Jewelry Boxes/Bling Boxes

I'm  thrilled to be working with DENY Designs, they have a fantastic range of innovative products. I now have a collection of jewellery boxes amongst other quirky products. You can view more of the bling boxes on DENY Designs website.

DENY Designs - Bedding

DENY Designs is a modern company that creates custom furniture & accessories that can be personalized by customers. DENY Designs also has a range of contemporary designers & photographers including myself. There are a variety of products to choose from including cushions, duvet covers, sheet set, shower curtains, fleece throw blanket, jewelery box, clocks & wall art.

Below is a selection of my designs on bedding. You can view more of my bedding range on the DENY Designs website.You can also view my full range of designs available here.

I just love the quirky products than DENY Designs create, it's such an honour to collaborate with them!

Donna Heart - Student work

I LOVE sharing all the beautiful creative work from the e-course students. It's really nice to see their lovely surface pattern creations in class along with see their other creations from their own artistic work also.

Today I'd like to showcase a selection of beautiful work from visual artist Donna Heart.

"The reason why I paint is because through painting I have discovered for myself the opportunity to explore my limitlessness and creative possibilities. I like to think that if I shine my light as I go along this journey, it may encourage others to look within themselves and unearth and dust off their own beautiful dreams and possibilities. As Katherine Centre puts it: you have to be brave with your life so others can be brave with theirs”

So I suppose that’s where my art and life collide. That in doing art, it both heals and directs me along my life’s journey.  It becomes a fuel that I must have in order to go forward and I love that it connects me to other people on a deeper soul-full level.

As journey’s go, there are always twists and unexpected turns in the road. One of those for me was discovering a hidden love for Surface Pattern and Design. I am at the absolute beginning of this creative journey but already I have been looking at how to fuse both my love for painting and the idea of surface pattern.

With this in mind, I recently came up with the idea of capturing a fond memory and fusing it with a repeat pattern to enter into a very prestigious state-wide art show.  The piece was titled “See I'm dog tree miss?” and I’m so excited that it was shortlisted to be a part of the exhibition which is The Mid West Art Prize. The piece is 1.2 x 1.2 meters in size and is acrylic on canvas. This painting has unlocked so many ideas to incorporate painting and pattern together which really excites me – so watch this space!".

'See I'm Dog Tree Miss?' (featured above)

'Run Little Dog' (featured above)

'Peacock Plant' (featured above)

'Waiting for the Perfect Moment' (featured above)

'It's a Big World Baby' (feature above)

Surface Pattern Showcase! (part 2)

Following on from my earlier blog post. Here are some more beautiful pieces created for module 1 of the e-course. We have been blown away by the group submissions & sheer talent shining through. I hope you enjoy looking at the designs as much we have. What a fantastic group of students from all around the world too! We launch module 2 on Monday & cannot wait to get started & see the results.

Fresh, pretty delicate floral from Katy Hackney

Striking contemporary geometric from Diane Davies

Decorative graphic hearts from Faye Brown

Beautiful motif layering from Bethania Lima

Stunning sketchy style from Femi Ford

Sweet pretty motifs from Meg Harris

Quirky & experimental style from Lene Daugaard

Unique motifs & pretty detailing from Nicky Ovitt

Fresh & quirky, hand-drawn geometric styles from Katy Clemmans

Fun seasonal style from Lauren Britchford

Textural details & layering from Hema Lakshmikanthan

Vibrant bold colours from Dee McConville

Funky contemporary paisley from Emine Ortega

Unique innovative motifs from Su Jones

Beautiful intricate line work from Virginia Kamau

Fun flower heads combined with pretty silhouettes from Phyllida

Striking motifs with a moody palette from Vanessa Haggerty

Beautiful simplistic design from Anne Murray

Striking palette & stylized florals from Luisa Franco

Fun illustrative styles from Eva Marion Seyffarth

I've LOVED posting these images, what a wonderful showcase...wouldn't you agree?

If you have questions about the course you can visit our page here