VASE - gold, orange, red on purple Color:gold, orange,red, purple stripes and little grids balanced

stripes and little grids balanced with a few circular type motifs

Since this time the Japanese celebrate the flower in annual festival of happiness

conceived in Buenos Aires

The blue phoenix woven silk design by Aya Kawa has been crafted into a luxurious woven silk pocket square

I believe that there will be many more designs inspired by the 'Ottoman Empire' but for now I have dipped my toe in the water with a simple repetitive design that works because of the colour and contrast

VASE - gold, orange, red on purple Color:gold, orange,red, purple stripes and little grids balancedThe genesis of this design was Christopher Dresser an amazing designer that I was totally unaware of until recently. As an industrial designer in the 1800's he was inspired by and worked for employers in Britain, France, Japan and USA. His designs are are often complex but have an elegant simplicity that I have tried to capture in the 'Vase' design. The rarely found feature of this design is the background 'embossing' of the floral theme. Not for the