Blessed Unrest prints are an antidote to mass production and aimed at people looking for something unique and exclusive.
Lorna Brown, originally from Perthshire, is a textile designer and fine art screen printer living and working in Edinburgh creating colourful, expressive designs that are transformed through screen and digital print into home accessories and artworks.
She graduated from Edinburgh College of Art where she was awarded a 1st class Hons Degree and Post Graduate Dip in Print Design.
Lorna values the sharing of knowledge and skills with others and has delivered and facilitated art and design projects for many years in community, FE and HE locations. She was lead Foundation Art tutor at the Interactive Design Institute until 2019 and delivers a range of screen print classes at Abbeymount Studios.
'After working in fashion/costume and interiors for years my imagery often suggests traces of these recurrent influences. I can be inspired by the shape of a vase, pleating on a garment, embroidery, stitch or beading details for example. I am inspired by my surrounding environment; by flowers, plants and trees, their shadows and silhouettes. I often work directly from source, drawing and re drawing images, exploring a variety of media and deliberately changing the line, tone and mark making qualities of the drawing. I often combine drawn, photographic and collage motifs.'