I was recently invited to take part in the launch of British dress brand Hope & Ivy’s new collection of William Morris print dresses in collaboration with The William Morris Society.

Hosted at Pom London, the weekend was a wonderful event with an evening reception which included talks by Claudia Suckling from The William Morris Society and Angelina Bakalarou from BBC’s The Repair Shop, on the importance of preserving traditional crafts for future generations.

There was a series of artist demonstrations over the weekend - I gave a live stained glass painting demonstration where I showed how I paint the first layer of my William Morris-inspired quarries using a fine brush and traditional glass paint, and there was also basket weaving and hand-painted wallpaper demonstrations from La Basketry and Sian Zeng.

You can read more about the weekend over on the Hope & Ivy Journal and there is also a lovely Meet the Maker feature with all the artists who took part in the weekend.

To find out more about the Hope & Ivy x William Morris Dress Collection, take a look here: https://hopeandivy.co.uk/blogs/news/william-morris-dress-collection-print-stories