Vital Arts Printathon and Peepshow for the Royal London Hospital 2013!

Rainbow Flowers a series of 5 prints.

A sneak peak before they go off to the charity Vital Arts

 

These images were taken about 10 years ago now for a project that my glass designer friend Amy Cushing and I were working on at the time.
 
I have donated them to the charity Vital Arts for their printathon 2013 - to help uplift and brighten some hospital waiting and treatment rooms....

In their words:


Selected prints will be featured in an exhibition at the Royal London Hospital Vital Arts Gallery in Whitechapel and will then be installed for permanent display in consulting and treatment rooms for children attending appointments at the hospital. Artwork makes an enormous difference to children facing the stressful and frightening experience of attending hospital and it's a great chance for a huge audience to directly benefit from your work.

Vital Arts are doing great work in commissioning many artists and designers to enhance and lend their creative imagination to the Royal London Hospital in all areas, from the wards, to the halls and waiting areas, it's a treasure trove to behold!
 
happy bank holiday everyone ;-)
 

The Barbican Art Gallery Shop

 

A little reminder to those of you who live in, or are traveling to London in the next month, you might want to visit the current Duchamp exhibition which I talked about a bit in my BIKES post last month.

They also have a lovely selection of some of our products beautifully merchandised around their very cool shop.

 

The Bride and the Bachelors: Duchamp with Cage, Cunningham, Raushenberg and Johns.

runs until June 13

worth a visit ;-)
 
Art Gallery 

Barbican Centre 

Silk Street London 

EC2Y 8DS

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SPRING SAMPLE SALE

SPRING SAMPLE SALE 

We are having a spring sample sale now in May, with samples of established and new designs, wallpapers, cushions, trays, mats and coasters, mug, tins and stationary and more!

10-11 MAY

Fri 10am-7pm
Sat 11am-5pm

Ella Doran Design Ltd.
57a Lawford Road
Hackney
London N1 5BJ

Hope to see you there!

And the Winner is.........

Thank you everyone who took part in our Ella Doran competition, we put all your names in the pot

and...

the winner is ... Anja!

Congratulations!

Please email sales@elladoran.co.uk with your address so we can send you your Ella Doran Pinky umbrella!

Thank you everyone who took part and well done Emma for knowing so much about my first exhibition.

And best wishes to you all for a lovely week ... Spring has sprung!

Bargain, bargain!

Hello!

We have a bargain for you...

This lovely blind that measures 139cm wide (finished) by 145cm drop was used for a recent photo shoot for the May issue of Country Homes & Interiors (see above)and we are now offering it to the first customer for a bargain £195 (RRP £284.00) 

It's a standard roller - with the side wind chain on the right hand side, all fittings included.

Call us on 0207 254 4744 or e-mail sales@elladoran.co.uk

Competition!

It is time for a new competition, and as I have been going through my career history, preparing for my workshop at the Country Living Spring Fair, I thought that I could share some of the very early days with you and this competition asks you to answer a question from when i first started out... read on to find out!

 

I was always making things as a child, which eventually took me to art college to carry on creating ....

I travelled alone to India for Christmas during my second year of college, I learnt so much from the people I met and stayed with; their kindness and hospitality and the colours they wore inspired my degree collection at college....

whilst travelling to kenya after my degree show, i started to document images to inspire my textile patterns - the varying palm trees were unique designs in themselves!

and the salt plains were just one of the many inspiring places I visited - the expanse of sky against the rugged salt mined earth had to be witnessed to be understood, this photograph did not do it any justice!

it was on returning from Africa that I realised I had images I could use 'as' my designs, not just 'for' my designs...

 

If you would like the chance to win a Pinky umbrella the first thing you have to do is answer this question:

What did I make and sell to kick start my career as a designer at Top Drawer?

Please write your answer down and post it to us here in our our comment space (below) and we will collect all the names with the correct answer and pick a winner out of a hat and then announce it on the blog on the 15th of April.

PS. make sure to come back and check when the winner has been announced so that we can get in contact and we can send you your prize!

Good Luck!

Country Living Spring Fair Workshop

On Thursday 21 March I am taking part in an exciting workshop at the  Country Living Spring Fair dubbed the 'Kitchen Table Talent Workshops', my slot is at 11.15am and I have been asked to talk about "How to Run a Successful Homes Accessories Company" so I will be sharing some of my experiences on how I have built my company and brand.

The day will be packed with interesting workshops, "Turn Your Talent Into a Business" with Emma Jones,"The Next Stage - Take Your Business to the masses" with Emma Bridgewater and much more and the best thing is that they are all for free once you are in the Spring Fair itself... but they are advising you get there early to claim your seat as they are anticipating it will be busy - maybe I'll see you there!

To find out more and to book your ticket please click here