LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL: MARTHE ARMITAGE PRINTS
At this year’s London Design Festival, Marthe Armitage Prints is teaming up with antique dealer and design studio Sigmar to introduce Lobby, a previously unseen multi-coloured wallpaper pattern from the artist Marthe Armitage's design archive, remastered and printed for the first time on fabric. The event, taking place within the Brompton Design District, is a teaser of what’s to come in Spring 24 when the multi-coloured collection is launched.
Marthe Armitage Prints is an artisanal design company producing exclusive, hand-printed wallpapers and coordinating screen-printed fabrics from handmade linocuts. The intricate, signature designs are created by artist Marthe Armitage, at her studio in Chiswick, using the traditional technique of lino block printing. Each roll of wallpaper is then produced on a hand-operated 100-year old offset lithographic press, with the expert help of her daughter, Jo Broadhurst, herself an artist and trained architect, together with Marthe’s youngest grandson......................
Marthe Armitage Prints is an artisanal design company producing exclusive, hand-printed wallpapers and coordinating screen-printed fabrics from handmade linocuts. The intricate, signature designs are created by artist Marthe Armitage, at her studio in Chiswick, using the traditional technique of lino block printing. Each roll of wallpaper is then produced on a hand-operated 100-year old offset lithographic press, with the expert help of her daughter, Jo Broadhurst, herself an artist and trained architect, together with Marthe’s youngest grandson......................
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