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It is colorful paintings with animal and plant motifs against an intricately patterned background that are considered the trademark of British artist Jane Tattersfield. Her works are influenced by Indian, South American and Islamic art, ancient myths and the cycle of nature. She finds inspiration for her patterns in a variety of ways, such as textiles, an embroidered ribbon, and a visit to a Moorish palace in Spain. Her color choices are heavily influenced by India, where she visited palaces in Rajasthan.
Tattersfield grew up in London and studied illustration at Kingston University. In her third year of study, she was commissioned to design the covers of a Shakespeare series for young people. This led to a number of other commissions from publishers, magazines and companies. She later illustrated children's books as well. Under the name Tattersfield Designs, she has been releasing a range of products including postcards, prints, pillows, tea towels and silk scarves with her designs since 2013. One puzzle company has chosen a leopard painting by the artist as the motif for a wooden puzzle, with pieces featuring unique shapes, such as animals. For her paintings, Tattersfield uses ink and gouache, but most importantly, oil paints. She skillfully combines analog and digital design, beginning a project with painting and drawing, then using a computer to distort the images and repeat patterns.
Her fields of endeavor are as creative as her approach. In 2020, for example, she designed the "Jungle Book" mural for the Junior King's School in Canterbury, commissioned to commemorate the 90th anniversary of Rudyard Kipling's opening of the school. The typically colorful Tattersfield painting runs through the school hallway. To children entering the school, it may give them the feeling of walking through the jungle with Mowgli and the animals. The artist incorporated the school's pets, such as rabbits, turtles and fish, into the painting. Each of the school children helped paint a small piece. Tattersfield's paintings also serve as motifs for embroidery pictures. Lovers from America can take tours of various interesting textile and embroidery industry sites in the United Kingdom and Europe. In the process, each guest can receive a canvas specially designed by Jane Tattersfield at the beginning of the tour for him or her to work on during the trip. When the owner of a store asked the artist to decorate her shop window for Christmas, she printed colorful, kaleidoscopic patterns on thick cotton fabric and created equally colorful giant balls, which she decorated with shiny bells, tassels and buttons. She also laid out pillows printed with her designs. Although these were intended only as decorations, many were sold as customers inquired about them. According to Jane Tattersfield, she loves to sew and design with textiles and apparently she also loves creative freedom.
It is colorful paintings with animal and plant motifs against an intricately patterned background that are considered the trademark of British artist Jane Tattersfield. Her works are influenced by Indian, South American and Islamic art, ancient myths and the cycle of nature. She finds inspiration for her patterns in a variety of ways, such as textiles, an embroidered ribbon, and a visit to a Moorish palace in Spain. Her color choices are heavily influenced by India, where she visited palaces in Rajasthan.
Tattersfield grew up in London and studied illustration at Kingston University. In her third year of study, she was commissioned to design the covers of a Shakespeare series for young people. This led to a number of other commissions from publishers, magazines and companies. She later illustrated children's books as well. Under the name Tattersfield Designs, she has been releasing a range of products including postcards, prints, pillows, tea towels and silk scarves with her designs since 2013. One puzzle company has chosen a leopard painting by the artist as the motif for a wooden puzzle, with pieces featuring unique shapes, such as animals. For her paintings, Tattersfield uses ink and gouache, but most importantly, oil paints. She skillfully combines analog and digital design, beginning a project with painting and drawing, then using a computer to distort the images and repeat patterns.
Her fields of endeavor are as creative as her approach. In 2020, for example, she designed the "Jungle Book" mural for the Junior King's School in Canterbury, commissioned to commemorate the 90th anniversary of Rudyard Kipling's opening of the school. The typically colorful Tattersfield painting runs through the school hallway. To children entering the school, it may give them the feeling of walking through the jungle with Mowgli and the animals. The artist incorporated the school's pets, such as rabbits, turtles and fish, into the painting. Each of the school children helped paint a small piece. Tattersfield's paintings also serve as motifs for embroidery pictures. Lovers from America can take tours of various interesting textile and embroidery industry sites in the United Kingdom and Europe. In the process, each guest can receive a canvas specially designed by Jane Tattersfield at the beginning of the tour for him or her to work on during the trip. When the owner of a store asked the artist to decorate her shop window for Christmas, she printed colorful, kaleidoscopic patterns on thick cotton fabric and created equally colorful giant balls, which she decorated with shiny bells, tassels and buttons. She also laid out pillows printed with her designs. Although these were intended only as decorations, many were sold as customers inquired about them. According to Jane Tattersfield, she loves to sew and design with textiles and apparently she also loves creative freedom.