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Art illuminated Throwing light on the brilliance of textile design.

Delighted to have loaned a textile from our archive to the stunning Lucienne Day Silk Mosaics exhibition at Margaret How...
23/10/2024

Delighted to have loaned a textile from our archive to the stunning Lucienne Day Silk Mosaics exhibition at Margaret Howell, Wigmore Street, London. Our piece is ‘Causeway’, a surface pattern designed in 1966, and one of Lucienne Day’s later works for Heal’s referencing her transition in surface pattern to creating her beautiful mosaic works. The exhibition is ongoing until 4th November, and should you be passing it’s a must.

Exhibition image credit: Margaret Howell Ltd

Made earlier…‘Rosa Bella’ 1959Artist: Robert DoddWe’ve been extremely busy building in the workshop.  A wealth of stunni...
27/10/2023

Made earlier…

‘Rosa Bella’ 1959
Artist: Robert Dodd

We’ve been extremely busy building in the workshop. A wealth of stunning lamps and shades all handmade using original textile pieces, in surface pattern designs from post-war to contemporary artists are now available off the shelf at REMAIN IN LIGHT shop in Hebden Bridge. .uk


Made earlier…John Piper ‘Stones Of Bath’ circa 1960Haydon Williams ‘Extension’ 1967Unattributed abstract circa 1960     ...
12/10/2023

Made earlier…

John Piper ‘Stones Of Bath’ circa 1960
Haydon Williams ‘Extension’ 1967
Unattributed abstract circa 1960


Made earlier…Barbara Brown ‘Frequency’ 1969Jyoti Bhomik ‘Pageant’ 1966João Artur da Silva ‘Caravel’ circa 1960          ...
11/09/2023

Made earlier…

Barbara Brown ‘Frequency’ 1969
Jyoti Bhomik ‘Pageant’ 1966
João Artur da Silva ‘Caravel’ circa 1960

Made earlier…1970’s vintage curtain on the outside, inside lined with vintage 1970’s op art wallpaper. 40cm diameter pic...
23/08/2023

Made earlier…

1970’s vintage curtain on the outside, inside lined with vintage 1970’s op art wallpaper. 40cm diameter pictured.
If you’d like to relax under it’s lovely warm glow whilst enjoying a tipple then you’re in luck! It’s upstairs at the wonderful drink? bar and bottle shop in Hebden Bridge.

Made earlier…A bit of swipe to see some back-seam action today.  During construction there’s no getting around needing a...
23/08/2023

Made earlier…

A bit of swipe to see some back-seam action today. During construction there’s no getting around needing a joining seam, but if a shade is visible from many angles the design needs to flow, not be clunky and jarring the eye. And I’m fussy, even if that seam isn’t visible I still know it’s there.

It’s not always possible to achieve a perfect seam match depending on shade size, but it’s always aimed for. It takes time. All art.illuminated shades are constructed entirely by hand with no machinery involved.

Making a fresh batch of 1970’s op art and super-print pieces for off the shelf purchase at .uk shop over this coming week. Pop in.

Textiles pictured:
Fothergay textiles ‘Louvaine’ circa 1960’s
Bevis Textiles ‘Apollo’ circa 1970’s
70’s West German lounge fabric mustards
70’s West German lounge fabric pinks
Peter Perritt ‘Monaco’ 1967 (that one was off by a mm, dang!)


Some more made earlier….Cushions aren’t something art.illuminated tends to focus on, they reduce the lifespan of histori...
22/08/2023

Some more made earlier….

Cushions aren’t something art.illuminated tends to focus on, they reduce the lifespan of historical textiles in particular, the textile wrapping a lighting piece can be carefully soaked off in the future and repurposed again… but sometimes it’s a yes.

Pictured: Cushions produced using original Fothergay, Sanderson ‘Primitif’, and Althea McNish ‘Jungle Legend’ textile pieces in situ at Fort Lauderdale airport AMEX lounge. Sewing by Jinny Woodington and Heather Hartley - both based here in Hebden Bridge.

The FLL project extended well over 12 months with much back and forth consultation over lampshades, cushions, frame stretch wall art, and decorative pieces produced to complement the interior design spec. However the green Fothergay pieces were a very last second consultation/order needing a 7 day turnaround from first cloth cut to landing on the seating in the USA in time for opening day. We got it done in 5 👊 An amazing bit of teamwork, thank you wonderful women in business!

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Here’s some I made earlier…Clean tube lamps that let the textile do the talking.L to R:Grace Sullivan ‘Desdemona’ (1970s...
20/08/2023

Here’s some I made earlier…
Clean tube lamps that let the textile do the talking.
L to R:
Grace Sullivan ‘Desdemona’ (1970s)
Grace Sullivan ‘Desdemona’ (1970s)
Unattributed artist ‘Argo’ (1970s)
Unattributed artist, mid century abstract
Unattributed artist ‘Primitif’ (1960s)
Doreen Dyall ‘Reflections’ (1960s)

All wooden bases are hand turned by Chris using a traditional lathe.
Highly recommend spending a day taking his 1-2-1 woodturning course. Chris is so passionate about his craft he’s an excellent teacher.

Clean lamps are available off the shelf at .uk

Here I am!Hello everyone.  I don’t seem to find much time to do social media for art.illuminated since opening .uk shop,...
18/08/2023

Here I am!
Hello everyone. I don’t seem to find much time to do social media for art.illuminated since opening .uk shop, plus juggling this with running .hebden.bridge shop, employing and developing teams at both these businesses and maintaining the balance and energy to push both forward, grow, create more jobs… spinning plates is an understatement! All positive developments.

Lots of customers are asking for an online store. Something is in development - get on that mailing list. For the moment I’m going to pop some ‘here’s one I made earlier’ photos on instagram over the coming weeks. Many of these images to come I do have more of the textile in my archive, please dm any enquiries.

Here’s the first - a group of shades in situ at Fort Lauderdale airport AMEX Escape Lounge - still can’t believe this happened, should’ve made a big splash of this at the time…an architect discovered me, he jumped around excitedly, a wonderful collaboration ensued…now it’s bordering on a throwback Thursday post - that’s how busy things have been!

Have a wonderful day all!

Pictured:
Althea McNish ‘Orina’
Robert Tierney ‘Montrose’
Lucienne Day ‘Cedar’
Mo Sullivan ‘Garland’
Doreen Dyall ‘Reflections’
Unattributed geometric print

…Purists yes I know the orientations aren’t all true, had to adapt to the spec. I don’t think the artists would mind, I’m particularly pleased that Althea McNish’s stunning artwork is represented amidst this group in Florida in a high-traffic space.

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art.illuminated is a celebration of textile art, of designers and artists, of printers, of processes, of collaborations, and of affordable art for the masses.

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24/02/2023

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Wish to see a mock up of how an art.illuminated Astro lamp would coordinate with your home interiors? It can be done.
Augmented reality course next 🤔



interior photo credit: Jane Duursma

The postman’s been.  Let me at it!                               .uk
14/02/2023

The postman’s been. Let me at it!

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