Research-- Lucienne Day

The textile designer Lucienne Day in 1952

Calyx, the fabric design that brought her fame

After the last tutorial with Kay, she suggested me to search one of the foremost British textile designer—Lucienne Day for help me explore the 1950’s visual style. When I saw Day's furnishing fabrics, of which the most famous was the Festival of Britain abstract pattern Calyx, I was deeply impressed by her design works. She took motifs drawn from nature – flowers, grasses, shoots, the intricate patterns of the landscape – and transformed them into something absolutely new. Through the research of Lucienne Day, I created some interesting illustrations below and I will print those patterns on each mugs.

Reference:

FLONA, M., 2012, Lucienne Day obituary Ingenious textile designer whose fabrics, inspired by modern art, adorned homes across Britain, Theguardian 2013, available at:http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/feb/03/lucienne-day-obituary[accessed 10 October 2012]