DESIGNER - kate heiss

I recently came across printmaker Kate Heiss in a press release for Athena Art. Athena were famous in the UK in the 1980's and 90's for their contemporary prints and posters, and now back up on running online Kate Heiss's work based on the four seasons will form part of their 2017 collection. Kate studied at the Royal College of Art and graduated with an MA in Textile Design. She then worked as a Textile Designer for fashion brands such as Miss Selfridge, before opening her own printmaking studio. Kate has also produced a range of fabulous cards for publishers Art Angels showcasing her beautiful floral and bird prints. Find out lots more online here at Kate Heiss.

CARDS & PAPER - raspberry blossom

These lovely notebooks are by Raspberry Blossom, a British Stationery company founded by Rebecca Crouch and were spotted online at Not on the High Street. I then checked out their instagram page and admired their lovely painterly styles and pretty colours seen on notebooks, cards, and wrapping papers.

 

STATIONERY - sadler jones

Sadler Jones is a greeting card and stationery company founded by Cath Jones and based in Cardiff, Wales. After spending 9 years working for other stationery companies award winning designer Cath decided it was time to branch out independently. She has created a range of contemporary greetings cards, stationery, gift wrap and prints which were launched the PG Live show last month. All the collections are created in-house and using high quality FSC papers with beautiful foil stamping and are made in the UK. You can find out more and see the full range at the Sadler Jones website/online shop, and follow along on instagram.

DESIGNER - hanna inaiah

Hanna Inaiáh is a surface designer from Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Hanna featured on Print & Pattern back in 2010 and wrote in to let me know how much her work has moved on since then. Hanna is now a post graduate in surface design and works as a freelance textile designer. She works with lots of  different techniques but at the moment is mostly working with watercolours and has created these beautiful painterly floral designs seen here. Hanna has an online portfolio here and will soon be seen on the Patternbank site.