Tattoo for my friend Sofia

My friend Sofia has honoured me with designing her a tattoo, she wanted something the tattoo artist could work from so I sketched this little guy. I quite like a deerhead, even if they are probably one of the most commonly drawn animals I've seen around....apart from Owls. But I can't even resist a good Owl.

NEW WEBSITE

I have a new website! Pls visit: www.stephanielecocq.sqsp.com, I'm going to keep working on it, to make it spanking awesome! :)

J is for Javan Rhino

I got these new japanese fine liner pens that are extremely fine and I started doing my new animal, which is a very critically endangered Javan Rhino, they are ridiculously textured to draw so it's taken me so long to finish it! This is the black and white original version, but I have coloured it in and put it on my new website! So far it is called stephlecocq.squarespace.com so I would love for you to drop by and check it out!

FallWinterSpringSummer

So I was lucky enough to be asked to help design prints for my friend Frode Gronvold's new fantastic fashion line. It's called Fall Winter Spring Summer, or FWSS for short! Go to www.fallwinterspringsummer.com to check it out, it will be selling all over Scandinavia and I am so proud. The Fall 12 collection is quite raw with organic wooden tones and petrol blues mixed with some animal pattern and some camoflauge. As their first collection, I really love the continuity of the branding and styling mixed with some gorgeous staple pieces. I am super excited about working with them in the future, I feel this really is a brand to be watching out for, but I am biased! ;)

Sophie and John Barwood's Wedding Gift

My Weekend with Reanna

So living abroad has it's ups and down sides, and one upside is when "coincidental collisions" occur. Reanna found me online and decided to get in contact with me. She is a fellow english girl who also lived in Brighton like me and has a passion for textiles. She moved over to Norway with her also lovely boyfriend Ola and live in the middle of the woods by a lake in Honefoss. She has amazingly set up a studio all on her own and after a few introductory emails and facebook inviting, she invited me up to use her studio. I was so excited! Getting the chance to screen print again has been a dream of mine since university. So up I went, one expensive bus ride and spent a sunday screen printing and playing about with a few ideas. So here is a few bad iphone photos of the day and Reanna Fines is pictured below- a lovely lass she is and very talented too! I am hoping to go up again and do some more prints so I can set up an etsy shop or something similar. Happy Easter all!

Never Denim, Collection Pollock

A fantastic collaboration with Rodeo Magazine, Bik Bok's Never Denim Spring 12 collection is inspired by Jackson Pollock. We worked with pollock inspired pattern, on denim, on dresses and tees...Rodeo exaggerated this, in this amazing photo shoot with our collection. We are so happy about the outcome!

I is for Iberian Lynx

Since I upgraded to OS Lion. this entry is a little roughly added with no letter and further info about the Iberian Lynx...Apple has made me angry that I have lost all my CS2 Adobe software because of this update! But on a good note, I finished Mr Lynx! "Lynx pardinus, 85-110 cm in length, adapted to cold climate."

H is for Himalayan Monal

Something Blue....

Flights of Fancy

Jenny Skavlan

I worked with Jenny Skavlan to develop her pattern idea for a bird print in different scales with a really cool graphic scarf that I am super proud of. It's reminscent of Marc Jacobs and Miu Miu with a quirky vintage palette.

Happy Birthday Sol!

This is the last of the Owls for a wee while!!!

Pushing Up Daisies...

The Daily Grind

So at work I am usually researching fashion shows, being inspired and conjuring up printed textiles for Bik Bok who I work for. But once in a blue moon I get set a project that gets me even more excited since I get to think outside my regular box... Last year for Bik Bok's accessories department Sassymanii; I was asked to design some packaging ideas for candles. For each scent I made a different print and made different packaging concepts adding a little luxurious touch with some metallic foiling details...I am super excited about seeing these in real life!

Kaleidoscopic Owl

Nordic Inspired Homewares

Printed Ceramics

I have this underlying desire to spread my textile design into homewares, so I have started drawing some ideas for printed ceramics and this idea is one of them. I drew a mirrored repeat and played around with it in illustrator...

...I can imagine them further being printed onto tea cups and other homewares...gets me a little excited! I just have to find some place to actually make them!

Nous allons à Paris

To celebrate my lovely man's birthday, I am treating him to a weekend away in Paris this October! Bon Anniversaire! Here is a link to his website: http://www.mtloughlin.com/ he is a very multi-talented graphic designer and film maker. With love xoxox

Some Birthday Owls...

I've spent a little bit of the bank holiday doing some drawing and I thought since it was my both my brother's birthdays coming up (Rich and bro-in-law Dave!) I would send them some birthday owls...I think it may have something to do with the amount of Harry Potter I have been watching with Matt... Twit Twooooo!