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here’s something about Sarah Fennell’s bright and youthful abstract pattern designs – they’ve drawn quite a crowd on Instagram, even catching the eye of the design department at John Lewis. That particular spot lead to a collaboration that saw Sarah’s designs catapulted from her screen-printing studio in the West Midlands to John Lewis windows across the country, when they were featured on Spring/Summer 2018 menswear. Since then, Sarah’s been working on her latest fabric collection, Pleasure Gardens, which launched at the London Design Fair this September. Inspired by 18th century glasshouses filled with exotic plants, Sarah says the collection reflects her “joy in the botanical world”. Sarah studied textile design for fashion and interiors at Bath Spa University, graduating in 2015, and went straight on to set up her own business producing textiles and paper goods. She joined the Crafts Council’s Hot House programme the same year and now works from a leafy, riverside studio at the Maws Craft Centre in Shropshire. We caught up with her there for a chat about creative business. Describe your style in just a few words. Joy-infused colour palettes and naive, collaged shapes and motifs. What are you working on at the moment? I’m expanding my range of giclee prints and have just started a new artwork based on the Lawn Aviary at Birmingham Botanical Gardens. How did you get into your craft? I’ve always been creative. Art was my favourite lesson at school, but it wasn’t until I did my foundation course that I learnt about textiles and print application. I went on to study textiles at university. In my third year I discovered my passion for collage
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