A fab afternoon out of the studio this week for me with children's wear designer Jen Smith as we attended Cheryl O'Meara's talk in the wonderful Print Pattern Archive at the Manchester Monastery. With Manchester's history of cotton fabric design it feels like an ideal home for the archive that is stacked full of vintage wallpaper, fabrics and hand painted pattern tiles. Working with many large fashion brands, Harrods Boden M&S Alexander McQueen to name a few, the studio translates these archive heritage designs to fabulous modern collections. An absolute joy to talk pattern, colour, repeats, trends and everything else. To visit the collection book via the Monastery for talks in 2026.
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| PRINT PATTERN ARCHIVE ... THE MANCHESTER MONASTERY | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA |
clockwise from the top left: some of the many fabrics stacked in the archive, me and childrens wear designer jen smith at the print pattern archive, the manchester monastery courtyard, wallpaper swatches and pattern tiles, view of the print pattern studio area, one of the wallpaper books we looked through.
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latest in the karika studio, notes in brief:
- listening to the secret life of books pod
- reading there are rivers in the sky by elif shafak, a few recommendations have said this is the best book they've read in ages, i'm 200+ pages in and would agree
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enjoying a superb autumnal trip to tatton park this week with an apple tasting of rare varieties (supermarkets need up their 🍎 game!), gorgeous autumnal colour especially the acers at the japanese gardens, some spectacular fungi 🍄
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