So my first post on my blog.
Well I'll start off by explaining what this little blog will primarily be about, first thing would be wallpaper, well I say wallpaper, what I mean is wallpaper that will inspire.
"Inspire" is a word that can be interpreted in any way you the reader wishes, for me inspiration is something that makes me stop and think “I wish that was mine" something that makes me want to get out my sketchbooks, draw and first and foremost that, is what I feel, wallpaper is.
It isn't just something to begrudgingly ask your husband, wife or partner to put up, or even something that you, in a sense, face the music and put up yourself. Wallpaper is something that defines you within your own home, it’s something you want people to come in and say "Wow" or something that stirs something within yourself, a feeling of calm or a feeling of warmth, remembrance of a distant memory, comfort for you and everyone around you.
Wallpaper can be whatever you want it to be, but it will always be inspiring.
Another thing which I feel may need explaining is the title "A Little About.....” A Little About can be anything, which is the beauty of it. From one week to the next, it will be A Little About what inspires me, what inspires you. What’s never going to stop being that one thing that will always be a staple within wallpaper design, what will never stop being inspiring.
Allot of you may be thinking what qualifies me to be talking about Wallpaper, let alone inspiration, the fact of the matter is I am no expert, I have recently obtained a Degree within Textile Design, but this isn’t where my love of wallpaper began, this began when I took 2 weeks work experience within a company in Pewsey called Barneby Gates, which is run by Vanessa Barneby and Alice Gates.
This was where my inspiration with wallpaper began, learning about something, that any normal person would think is such a simple process (just like I did). Seeing the complexities within the design process, the decisions to be made with colours, print techniques, design placement, really gave me a great respect for wallpaper and wallpaper design, respect turned into interest, which turned into research, which then grew into inspiration.
Everywhere I go, people’s homes, high street shops, businesses, the first thing I am drawn to, the first thing that catches my eye is the wallpaper.
This is something I wish to instil in others, Respect, for the decisions that are made, Research, into something that is truly beautiful and Inspiration, enough to at least make you reconsider your current wallpaper choices.
The above photo contains images from Barneby Gates, Osbourne & Little and Timorous Beasties.
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