CONTACT

Email studio@louisaloakes.com

Call +44 07795247743

You can also fill out my contact form below to send your enquiry. Thank you.

Happy to Hoast A Block printing Workshop for you

Alongside hosting monthly block printing workshops from her home/studio in Peckham, London UK she also hosts workshops for organisations around the uk - past workshops have included the following organisations.

Burberry Makers House, Burberry, Regent Street, The New Craftsmen, Charleston House & gardens, Blyth Gallery / Imperial College London, South London Gallery, TOAST, Peckham Craft Show, Selvedge Magazine, Museum of Arts & Crafts Ditchling, SOHO House, Kindred House, Daylesford Organic Farm, Dulwich Picture Gallery, UAL Central St Martins, UAL London College of Fashion

Please feel free to get in touch at studio@louisaloakes.com if you are interested.

All information on my monthly Peckham Block Printing Workshops can be found on the workshop page along with booking.

About

Louisa’s work blends elements from her fine art practice and her intuitive approach to textiles. During her time studying at Wimbledon School of Art, Louisa developed a particular interest in Abstract painting, which continues to ground and guide her work across a range of mediums.

Working from her studio in Peckham, Louisa’s practice is focused on the beautifully simple, slow art of hand-carved block printing. Having spent many years researching the craft, she draws particular inspiration from the processes involved in traditional Indian block printing, and her practice interweaves Eastern folk art traditions with forms and patterns familiar to western languages of abstraction. As a self-taught block printer, she approaches fabric like a painting - or one of her charcoal drawings - creating delicate, twisting patterns that repeat themselves across its surface. Distinctive in their simple use of geometric form, monochromatic palette and signature dash of hand-painted colour, Louisa’s hand-carved block printed patterns are charged with a human touch, the irregularities that appear in the printing process giving each piece a distinct energy and identity.