Jane Farnham is a UK  based surface designer with an eye for classic and folk-inspired florals. With a palette of muted brights, she works her hand drawn images into pretty and delicate patterns, kind of modern and 40s-ish, all at the same time.

 

jane farnham - Daisy-Doodle

jane farnham – Daisy Doodle

 

Jane uses a mixture of line drawings and doodles along with computer illustration to create her work, taking inspiration from nature, old china, and other fabrics. She loves scouring charity shops, antique markets and the local park, taking photographs of anything and everything that interests her. She also sometimes doodles in front of the telly, and loves the meanderings of these unplanned drawings.

 

jane farnham - Garden-Path

jane farnham – Garden Path

 

jane farnham - Fruit-Salad

jane farnham – Fruit Salad

 

jane farnham - Wild-Wood

jane farnham – Wild Wood

 

jane farnham - Vintage-Peach

jane farnham – Vintage Peach

 

Prior to beginning in surface design, Jane spent time as a wedding dress maker, visual merchandiser, interior designer and mock-up artist – very varied jobs, but always something creative.

However, the push to regroup and focus on what was her true love came after a redundancy and a death in her family. So, despite being obsessed with colour and pattern ever since she could remember, it was only last year that she decided to undertake the Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design e-course, which she says “was truly motivational”. Now this year, she has pushed out and started in business for herself.

 

jane farnham - sketchbook

jane farnham – sketchbook

 

Working out of a corner of her bedroom is obviously not her ideal working space, but it’s a start! She is proud of her desk though, as she made it herself out of some reclaimed wood that was once a hoarding board on a building site.

 

jane farnham - workspace

jane farnham – workspace

 

Her favourite quote is from Judy Garland – “Always be a first rate version of yourself, instead of a second rate version of somebody else.”  Nobody else can be you better than you can!

Some of Jane’s work can be found in her Society6 shop, with prints available on cushions, stationery, iPhone skins and more. She is currently looking for representation and is available for commissions and licensing.  Jane can be contacted via her website, janefarnhamdesigns.com.