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ROSANNA BISHOP

• MAXIMALIST DESIGNS • CURIOUS NARRATIVES • CONSIDERED CRAFTSMANSHIP. •

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Rosanna Bishop Studio,

Industrial House,

Conway Street

Hove | BN3 3LW

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S E A R C Y S ~ screen- printed panel for Searcy’s champagne bar in London’s St Pancras.

I have a bad habit of posting work online once or twice at the time of releasing it and then never posting it again. This makes a slightly impossible task of finding new things to post when I’m often working on projects I can’t show until they are officially launched, and also bowing to the pressure of new and quick ‘content’, of which my work is not. Slow, considered craftsmanship and appreciating the processes is much more my bag, so I’ll be aiming to post some of these great projects and explain the making of them too.

A special thanks to @qestcraft for this great project.

S I T G E S ~ …&&& just one more. Because @sitgesroyalrooms was overstated, maximalist, camp brilliance & everyone should go. If I could be tucked in a corner of their gardens, left to paint and eat tiny delicious falafels forever I’d be endlessly content.

B A R C E L O N A y S I T G E S ~ A tiny visual summary of a truly beautiful trip. It’s hard finding the best time to take time off being a one man band, but I’m infinitely glad I did.

So many inspiring bits that I hope will feed back in to my new designs- the rope detail on the lampposts, the overlay painting techniques from the local gallery, the tiles as scarf design layouts & food, for just being delicious.

S T U D I O ~ a snap with the boss.

A little insight in to the start of a few projects requiring some photos of me in the studio outside of my print scrubs~ no surprise that my favourites are ones featuring lady Flea.

S P R I N G ~ spring is springing and I’m lapping up this studio light and later evenings. There’s lots of new projects afoot and I’m feeling super inspired for it.

I’m in my last few weeks of teaching at @uniofbrighton which has been a dream this past year and I’m so proud to see the final outcomes from all of the students. Exactly 300 (10) years ago I was graduating from the very same place and can’t help but feel reflective~ v grateful to be where I’m at and to still be working hard and spinning all of the plates of the things I love* (Or in industry terms, ‘multi-faceted’).

Just another 10 years to take over the world 🤞🏼

P R I N T I N G ~ there’s been a lot of this lately 😮‍💨

C O L O U R M A T C H I N G ~ a slow and tactical investigation to pick a colour apart in to the elements that make it up. Whether to use warm yellows or blueish reds~ mixing testing drying checking mixing testing drying checking.

Mixing colours like this reminds me of my days working as the Printer at @zandra_rhodes_ Making up the recipes, testing out the colours and working out which colourways to print for the dresses. That experience taught me a lot about colour- namely her golden rule/threat to ‘NEVER add black to a colour, it KILLS it’, a rule I happily adopted- always use colour theory to darken it, never black.

Understanding colours and how they’re made up is an integral skill as a Printer- throw in the different dyes, acids and alkalis, silks and cellulose, variety of binders and working on dark fabric grounds and you’re on your way.

I’ve been lecturing at The University of Brighton @uniofbrighton for the past year and working with the talented textile students there has reminded me what a huge breadth of skills are required to be a great textile designer and how frustrating it is when it’s under appreciated as a craft. Fabric is magic ✨

F L E A ~ Lady pig, my finest companion, my biggest fan and my silent stink-eye critic (see Fig3). She’s in the studio as much as I am and although spends about 99% of that time sleeping, she gets me out for refreshing lunchtime walks, somewhat aggressively reminds me when it’s dinner time and generally keeps me sane.

An ode to the studio pig 🖤

O V E R P R I N T I N G ~ upcycling an oversized knitted vest in the studio sunlight.

Overprinting knitwear really highlights the beautiful textures and structure of the knit and adds an extra depth to the fabric, the opposite effect of an acid wash.

It’s simple, effective and customises a previously unloved charity shop find for another life of wear. Having to find great restraint to not overprint every garment I own..

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