Ella Robinson - Simple Shapes

Simple Shapes...

... This style of working was originally created by Ella whilst studying for the final year of her BA at Loughborough University. It has most recently been used within a four panel commission for the Market Café of the P&O Britannia cruise ship (late 2014). These mixed media and wholly fabric designs are influenced mainly by architecture and everyday ‘simple shapes’. Ella considers ‘simple shapes’ to be those that we experience during each and every day, but that do not often register as particularly attractive or of any importance. For example, the lock on a door or the triangular outlines of road signs.

Her final BA collection featured designs containing hundreds of individual pieces (most have between 600 and 1,000 hand-cut sections). These are heavily layered within each design, creating striped compositions that behave in many different ways.

Ella's approach to colour is mainly instinctive. She enjoys producing colour combinations that spark off each other.

Britannia Cruise Ship Artworks

Sherbet Lemons and Liquorice Laces, 2014.
80 x 55cm.
798 hand-cut cork and poly-cotton shapes.

Sticky Toffee, 2014.
80 x 55cm.
510 hand-cut polypropylene plastic and poly-cotton shapes.

Chocolate and Banana Tavoletta, 2014.
80 x 55cm.
680 hand-cut cork and poly-cotton shapes.

Golden Snaps, 2014.
80 x 55cm.
800 hand-cut polypropylene and poly-cotton shapes.

BA and TEXPRINT Collections

Cream and Brown, 2006.
Polypropylene and poly-cotton (shown curved).
35.5 x 42.5cm (when flat)

Brown, Yellow, Blue, Green and White, 2006.
Cork and poly-cotton (shown curved).
38.5x 50cm (when flat)

Red and Blue, 2006.
Balsa wood and poly-cotton (shown curved).
37 x 46.5cm (when flat)

Yellow, Green and White, 2006.
Balsa wood and poly-cotton (shown curved).
36 x 45.5cm (when flat)

Black and Yellow Fabric Design, 2006.
Ribbon and poly-cotton.
Dimensions unknown.
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Orange, Yellow and Green, 2006.
Balsa wood and poly-cotton.
12 x 15.5cm

Blue and Navy, 2006.
Painted cork and poly-cotton.
14 x 17cm

Turquoise and Black Fabric Design, 2006.
Ribbon and poly-cotton.
36 x 29cm

Black and Transparent, 2006.
Polypropylene and poly-cotton.
15 x 18cm

Royal Blue, Navy and White, 2006.
Polypropylene and poly-cotton.
13.3 x 26.4cm

Blue, Gold, White and Brown Lampshade, 2006.
Cork sheeting and poly-cotton on lampshade base.
Dimensions unknown

Purple and Navy, 2006.
Polypropylene and poly-cotton (shown curved).
36 x 43cm (when flat)

Orange, Green and White Lampshade, 2006.
Polypropylene and poly-cotton on lampshade base.
Diameter 30cm, height 18cm

Green, Yellow and White Fabric Design, 2006.
Poly-cotton.
12 x 14cm

Pink, Green and White Fabric Design, 2006.
Poly-cotton.
Dimensions unknown.
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