Kate Schutz The Talented Painter & Illustrator

One of my customers Kate Schutz showed me these pictures of her renovated bedroom on her blog.

The gifted artist (you can see some of her paintings on the wall) ordered some cushion covers and fabric from me to suit the new headboard and wall paint. And you can see it all went perfect :)

What she's done with her room is very inspiring to me and I'm very pleased to have become a part of her refurbishing project!

Please visit her blog and website to find out more about her work.

Woven Colours

I've tried some weaving today (well, if I'm allowed to call it "weaving" though) as part of my experiment on colours, materials and texture.

I used magazine shreds, fabric shroud by hand and rope made of paper.

It was a real fun, those only found objects could become a casual piece of art when it's properly framed and hung on the wall :)

Burda Style Magazine

Yesterday I received a copy of Burda Style magazine 2010 March issue, which featured kalla Design along with other two textile designers.
They used a photo of my studio on the first page for this feature and it doesn't look bad at all ! :)

Well, the only problem for me is that it's German edition, so I cannot really understand what the article says but I'll try to translate it somehow later...

And I was so surprised to find myself next to the Marimekko designer Maija Louekari...!

Special thanks to Talea and Ulinka of Burda Style!

My Colours

I just happened to find one of my favourite colour combination :)

Pattern Crazy

I have been (still) working on some digitally manipulated patterns and I'll try to upload more designs here. You can also check my portfolio and Flickr.

Volksfaden

I am delighted to announce that now "Volksfaden" stocks kalla's fabric!

The Mari fabric available on this popular on-line fabric store was printed in Indea on 100% organic cotton poplin, using herbal dyes. And it comes with the standard width of 140cm/53"!
As my hand printed fabrics are 50cm/20" wide max., this difference makes it possible for many crafters to go for bigger projects :)

Also, Volksfaden sells a range of beautiful fabrics around the world and they will be shipped from Berlin, Germany.

Thank you, Linda! (The owner of Velksfaden)

I'm in Love

The other day I found those exquisite pieces of jewellery, made by a Japanese jewellery designer Keiko Okamoto.

I just LOVE the colours, delicate lines and sophisticated use of materials.

Her label is called "knap" and you can find her cute shop on Etsy here.