Ellie Curtis – Illustrations and Textile Prints

I’m experimenting with screen-printing simple forms. Some like this one are inspired by W.African fabrics from local shops.

These ink drawings are collages which I then put onto a silk-screen and screen printed onto raw silvery silk. This is a silk stretched over a canvas, nearly a metre in width.

An observational drawing taken from a posh feather duster. In repeat this print looks quite like a feathery forest.

The print tried on a light grey cotton in alternative colours.

Printed on raw silk, the animals float in the jungle in Shakespearean ruffs. Please note their sincerity.

A detail of ‘Moths’ Print

I made these moth’s heads out of clay and painted them, then collaged these images onto my pen and ink drawings of moths (and one butterfly). One or two of the characters look a bit like people I know (accidentally).
The idea came at the same time as the ‘Ladies and Rabbits’ print and it is also an idea for interior textiles. I can also imagine this black and white print as wallpaper, perhaps as one panel on a wall.

Print intended for interior furnishings; Curtains, cushions, upholstery.