Flora Dora is a new online shop selling the rediscovered textile designs of Sheila Bownas, dating from the 1950s and 60s.
Chelsea Cefai bought the archive containing over 200 designs of Sheila Bownas at auction and has since been working to bring them to a wider market. The store, Flora Dora, begins with two collections: the above print, 'Pip' is from the 1963 collection and is available as a print and over the page is 'Rosa' from the 1959 collection which is available as cotton drill.
Sydney Harry was one of the UK’s leading colour theorists, who produced op-art style paintings in the 1960s and 1970s that reflected his ideas.
A range of his work is now available to buy as giclée prints. Pictured here is Red Interlock, from 1971, which is about creating an illusion of depth. The prints cost between £55 and £115, with this one priced £65.
View the whole range at Sydney Harry Design.
Pedlars have recently taken delivery of a new batch of vintage prints.
The French Vintage Charts show a variety of diagrams of historic, geographic and biological subjects. Dates for the charts aren’t given, but they all have a retro charm. They measures 79cm x 94cm, varying between landscape and portrait style and are sold in a black wooden frame. They cost £275 each.
As they are vintage items, stock is limited and some designs are already sold out, so visit Pedlars soon to buy.
A regular around the capital, Sir Peter Blake is seen much less 'up north'. So the Sir Peter Blake Twenty Years of Printmaking exhibition in Harrogate, Yorkshire is well worth an entry in your diary if that's where you live.
It takes place at the RedHouse Originals Gallery, 15 Cheltenham Mount, Harrogate from 12th March – 10th April, with previews on Friday 11th March. Sir Peter will be there for that to open the exhibition, as will the double decker CCA Art Bus with Blake exterior. There will also be the unveiling of a new portrait and print edition called Boogie For Stu, featuring Ian Stewart, the legendary keyboardist and co-founder of The Rolling Stones.
New in at Heal’s is the Heal’s Rules range of home accessories designed by Jeremy Hutchinson.
Inspired by the slogan “Nothing Need Be Ugly” as developed by Ambrose Heal in 1915 for the Design & Industries Association, the collection extends the idea that every home is governed by little rules of etiquette. The range includes ceramics, placemats, cushions, postcards and prints, with related slogans, for example the placemats instruct “Elbows Off the Table” and a teacup and saucer proclaims 'Never Lift the Little Finger'.
Prices range from £4.50 for a breakfast bowl up to £72 for the prints. View the current collection online at Heal’s.
Craig Ennew has joined the growing ranks of artists and designers creating exclusives for Pedlars. He has produced three limited edition print designs, each consisting of a montage of vintage images around a particular theme.
Pictured here is the design “Old Reliable” which brings together a collection of traditional British images, including Queen Victoria, a cup of tea, a detail from a banknote and Union Jack. The other designs are “Woman and Shoes” which features a woman from the 1940s grasping a giant shoe, surrounded by other footwear from various periods, and “Good Morning, Many Things to Do”, which includes a cockerel, breakfast cereal and a vintage caravan.
The prints are limited to ten for each design and are sold framed for £199. Visit the Pedlars site to buy.
