Lisa King’s latest collection newly interpretS the Cotswold’s well-known area of outstanding beauty.
From the vivid lilies and lanterns in painter John Singer Sargent’s portraits, to Ellis Martin’s idyllic landscapes and the words of Laurie Lee’s Cider with Rosie, this corner of South West England has long inspired artists, writers and poets.
At the first and last hour of light of the day, a transfixing soft, pink light casts over the rolling hills; this is The Magic Hour. The landscape separates Into bold, singular silhouettes and you see can see essence of the farmland. Through photography, and drawing and layered screen prints, the collection features hues in varied subtle shades of the British landscape; from sage coloured oak, blue-black billberry, and cream wheat fields, contrasting yellow rapeseed, purple foxgloves and red poppy shapes.
Designing the collection from her studio in London, Lisa has worked with her longstanding UK and Milan based printers, using 100% cotton certified organic tshirts as well as developing a new custom made range with a British based family factory.
Bangkok-born, London-based textile designer Lisa King always knew her Indonesian mother was an avid collector, from kimonos to Japanese crockery and furniture. But after spending six years sorting through her prized possessions following her death, she discovered there was one more surprise.
Emily Chan, Senior Sustainability and Features Editor, British Vogue
Antonis Hadjimichael exposes the London-based print designer’s process, building abstract floral arrangements as a means of catharsis
For Bangkok-born print artist Lisa King, flowers lie at the heart of her process. Compiled in abstract compositions that later become her prints, her flowers are dissected stem to stigma, or with heads severed, as pools of ink diffuse in the water surrounding them. Arising in her practice as a cathartic response that pays tribute to her late mother, the floral arrangements upon which King’s design work is centered have become a symbol of solace – the act of laying and repeating patterns guiding her in processing her grief.
“Through repeating familiar rituals and deconstructing the act of arranging flowers I’ve found renewal, positivity, and healing at the hardest of times. No one has captured the essence of my process or inspiration quite the way Antonis has.”
