florence broadhurst.

Florence Broadhurst is an Australian eccentric wallpaper designer known for her flamboyant and beautiful prints.

Some of her work is clean and stylised (like Ikeda) – others very illustrative and detailed (like The Cranes) but they all consequently link to create repetitive imagery for print. Her work has such geometric strength and her confidence oozes through each design I see. Her work is extremely eye catching and pleasing and I enjoy that her designs have so much variety. In some of her work, for example- Hessian, she gives the illusion of texture. She experimented with all types of media to create woven and stamped effects. I found these more inspiring than her classic prints as this is what we’re focusing on in our personal practise at the moment. Creating lines, pattern, shapes, and marks with mixed media to experiment in our print workshops. 

 Ikeda, Hessian and The Cranes

Florence Broadhurst dismissed the restrictions of mass production. She only worked traditionally and hand printed all her wallpapers and fabrics. She created hundreds of unique and luxurious patterns. She combined fuscia pinks, lemon yellows, lime greens, vivid oranges, turquoise, blacks, metallic silvers and gold – all perfectly matching her own flamboyant personality. Her colour palette is exciting and it’s intrigued me to work brighter and bolder.

Books

Florence Broadhurst – Her Secrets & Extraordinary Lives by Helen O’Neill (Hardie Grant Books)

Websites

http://www.signatureprints.com.au