Selected Articles

The Times Newspaper

World of Interiors

Pressing Matters

Abstract Textiles By Jane Kelly

Selvedge

Country Living | Modern Rustic 2016

House Beautiful | October 2019

Featured in…

World of Interiors

Elle Decoration

The Times

The Modern House

Selvedge

Modern Rustic

Country Living

Homes and Gardens

Period Living

Good Homes

Ideal Homes

Living etc

House Beautiful

The Financial Times

Royal Academy RATED

The New York Times Magazine

YOU Magazine

Vogue (online)

Telegraph Magazine

Publication Contributions

Printing with Natural Dyes | Nicola Cliffe | Crowood Press

Abstract Textiles | Anne Kelly | Batsford

Barron & Larcher Textile Designers | Michal Silver & Sarah Burns | ACC Art Books

Louisa Loakes

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.

Louisa Loakes Block Printing Workshops are available through her website along with her hand block printed fabric per metre, hand block printed cushions and more recently her etchings.

Louisa Loakes | Peckham, london