'Stitched' Exhibition Opening!

After a very hectic day on Friday & few days of some frantic organizing & sewing, my 'Stitched' exhibition finally opened! I'm really pleased with the end result after all the hard work that went in to it. The opening night at the brand new Butterfly Rooms gallery was a huge success. It was a busy evening with lots of sales for myself & some of the other exhibitors.

The gallery is a beautiful space there are two main rooms on the second floor. I had one of the main spaces & the other room held stunning photography work by the talented Louise Reynolds. The Butterfly Rooms really is a great creative venue to check out, below the gallery is a gorgeous home & gift boutique (you can find rachaeltaylordesigns there too!) The 3rd floor will actually be used for studio space & drop in workshops (contact Angela @The Butterfly Rooms for more information)

The exhibition officially opened on Friday the 30th of July & it runs for a month, the gallery is free so pop along if you can:)

Here are some snapshots of my exhibit.

* I would like to thank Matt & Gemma for all their help & support this week & Angela @The Butterfly Rooms for inviting me to exhibit & opening such a fab gallery.

Exhibition Sneak Peek!

Here are a couple more sneaky pics of the 'Stitched'work I'll be exhibiting at The Butterfly Rooms for a month from Friday the 30th of July. If you are in the area on Friday pop along and see me at the gallery opening from 730pm onwards.

More images & exhibition pics to follow next week on the blog!

rachaeltaylordesigns

Most of you will know I work as a freelance designer alongside having my own line of products. I regularly receive commissions & license out a lot of my artwork.

A selection of my work is reserved for the 'rachaeltaylordesigns' brand. Here are some designs that we have recently chosen from the portfolio which will soon be featured on many products. So watch this space!

Hope you like them, you may have seen a few on the website already.

How Nice Is This!?

I love the work of Rob Ryan. I adore his designs & the sentiment on his cards in particular. I'm always buying lots of cards from the rogerlaborde.com range.

I particularly love this one & think the caption is beautiful. What a talent!

Pretty Pics!

Happy Monday everyone! hope you all had a lovely weekend. I have a few exciting things to post this week & some lovely inspiration too.

Here are just a couple of cute snapshots taken over the weekend, I'm a big animal lover & couldn't resist posting this cute pic of my dog Alfie & this pretty little butterfly!

Profile Images

I had to put together some profile images for one of the companies I regularly freelance for, so I thought I would share the on the blog, hope you like them! I always find it hard selecting just a few images. I never know what ones to pick!:)

100% Handmade

I'm planning to pop down to the '100% Handmade' designer/maker fair this weekend in Ilkley. I have always heard great things about this event so hopefully I'll get to go & see lots of fab new work & meet lots of new talented designer/makers.

For information about the event, go to: www.leedsvintagefashionfairs.com

Music!

Music really influences my mood & my work,  I'm always buying or downloading new albums.  I really like a wide variety of music from lots of different genres, one of my latest finds is 'Songs From the Tainted Cherry Tree' by Diana Vickers. It really is a fab album her voice sounds quirky & beautiful. You can listen to it from start to finish it's nice & chilled & great to draw & design too.
Visit dianavickersmusic.com for more info.

If your stuck for a bit of inspiration play your favourite song really loud! It always works for me!

 I also really love the typography used on the album cover:)

Exhibition Opening!

'Stitched' at The Butterfly Rooms

I'm super excited to announce that I'll be exhibiting my collection titled 'Stitched' at the opening of the brand new gallery at www.thebutterflyrooms.co.uk based in Salt Aire, Yorkshire. I'll be showing my more experimental side & displaying some pieces from my old Uni days along with a wide selection of smaller pieces developed in the last year.

The work is very different to my typical freelance work but still has a very random & fun feel & a quirky edge. The exhibit will run from Friday the 30th of July for one month, all pieces will be available to buy at The Butterfly Rooms.

You can also buy a wide selection of my greetings cards, postcards & kitchen textiles in the large beautiful shop on the ground floor.

Here is a sneak peek of the style of work I'll be showing & some art reviews I received last time I exhibited.

Summer Craft Show at Ferrers Gallery

I'm currently exhibiting at the award winning Ferrers Gallery alongside a super talented bunch of artists & designer makers. Ferrers gallery is a great place to visit if you are looking for contemporary British art & crafts.

"Visitors will discover bright and beautiful mixed media work by Lesley Whelan, acrylics by Brian Steventon, sculpture by Lynn Walters and printed textiles by Rachael Taylor all of whom express colour and vibrancy in their works. Ceramics features prominently with in this show - with humorous works by Garry Jones, plus functional and decorative works by Rosanna Martin, David Ashby and Andrew Matheson. Sculptural ceramic work will also be on show from Susan Ault who makes lifelike creatures and from Lucinda Brown who creates figurative works in porcelain that are elegant and calm".

Craft Floor - Summer Show continues on the top floor of Ferrers Gallery until the 31^st August. Ferrers Gallery is open Tuesday to Sunday from 11am until 5pm for more information please visit www.ferrersgallery.co.uk