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Textile swatches and illustrations making repeat patterns from Studio Snack illustrations of a pretzel ampersand, a scone with ambition and a mozzarella plant

Illustration on repeat

24th September, 2025 by Lydia Thornley

I think it started with an album of Paraguayan music my parents had when I was a small child. It had a photograph of a market on the sleeve. I loved its colours and patterns and I’ve had a thing about markets ever since. So when we made a Studio Snack … Read More

Detail of Lydia's textile piece using the visual language of textile proofs to describe the colour and pattern of green spaces

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Sampling green spaces

27th August, 2025 by Lydia Thornley

I enjoy the paraphernalia of printers’ proofs. Outside the test of the thing we’re producing are colour bars, information meaningful only to people who know how to get the best out of the job. They’re lovely things in their own right and so are strike offs – textile proofs. I’ve … Read More