My dye recipes and colour palette for the latest collection.

Manchester's Whitworth Art Gallery- 'Private Paradise' wallpaper exhibition.

19th February till summer 2011

These illustrations are the work of production designer Eve Stewart, 50, who is nominated for an Academy Award for The King's Speech.

'Before I start I always do a lot of research,' she says. 'I am a stickler for authenticity. I'll watch old newsreels, I'll go to the Victoria and Albert Museum, that sort of thing. Then I'll do sketches that we can work from, a design of how we want the room to look.

...YiNka ShoNibaRe... DiSaBLed, bUt aT tHe ForEfrOnt oF tHe AfRiCaN ReNaisSanCe...

...YiNka ShoNibaRe... DiSaBLed, bUt aT tHe ForEfrOnt oF tHe AfRiCaN ReNaisSanCe...

"Different cultures want to group together, they want to stick to their own culture, but what I do is create a kind of mongrel. In reality most people’s cultures have evolved out of this mongrelization, but people don’t acknowledge that. British culture in reality is very mixed."

Last week I attended the Private view for the Showstudio shop called 'To Bed'..

http://shop.showstudio.com/exhibition.php?exhibition_id=7

The Beautiful exhibition included photography by Nick Knight, Corinne Day and Andy Warhol in a small bright gallery off Bruton street in Mayfair.

Fauvism Colour Inspiration.

Roaul Dufy is my favourite all time painters for print and colour use.

Zeigfeld Costume Designs

Prints from an old collection 2008