ABOUT THE STUDIO
We are two designers - Elly Joel and Kylie Thévenau, and together we are The Bell Jar, a print studio focused on the design and development of beautiful surface pattern and textile design for fashion and interiors.
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Category Archives: design
TA DA!
So a few months ago we slowed down on the blog posts a bit, in order to focus our time and energy on building our design collections as well as a special project. The time has come for the big … Continue reading
CATEGORIES: design, fashion, in the studio, news, textiles
Tagged Elly Joel, kylie thévenau, love, pattern, Pozible, print, scarves, studio
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Inside The Bell Jar – Sketching
The development of an original print can be quite loose and the final result is usually vastly different from what you imagine! The birth of a pattern usually begins with a bit of mark making and experimenting with different mediums. … Continue reading
CATEGORIES: colour, design, looking in, pattern, studio
Tagged concept, pattern, sketch, the bell jar
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bowlful of love
Kasja Cramer Laura Carlin Up In The Air Somewhere Mieke Everaet Gertrud Vasegaard Elke Sada John Struthers Takatoshi Ise – Elly
Lu Flux – Everything but the kitchen sink
Everything but the Kitchen Sink – Lu Flux AW12 from Cochrane & Cochrane on Vimeo. LU FLUX – Kylie
Romance was Born + Pip & Pop
Got a little heads up tip from my sister in Sydney… Yesterday was magic Monday at MBFWA in Sydney as Romance was Born hit the runway with it’s Spring Summer 2013 collection. I love their designs and obvious obsession with … Continue reading
CATEGORIES: art, design, fashion, sculpture
Tagged art, event, fashion, fremantle, kylie thévenau, MBFWA, romance was born, sydney, tanya shultz
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A Cautionary Tale
Elly and I are so busy working with beautiful prints and fabrics at the moment and developing a little project we may need your help with quite soon! Life feels pretty exciting! Unfortunately, I suffered a minor injury and I … Continue reading
CATEGORIES: design, fashion, florals, styling
Tagged embellishment, fashion, flowers, kylie thévenau, video
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The Getty
One of the highlights of my trip to California (right up there with Disneyland and seeing a bear) was our day at the Getty Center. The place is amazing. Walking around the grounds is like being in some kind of … Continue reading
CATEGORIES: architecture, art, design
Tagged architecture, art, design, gardens, landscape, museums, outdoors, painting, sky
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Sit
Is it weird that I daydream about chairs? Ah… mid century modern. Hans Bellman; retromodern.com; Ib Kofoed Larsen; George Nelson pretzel chair; Jonathan Adler; Kerstin Horlin-Holmquist. – Elly
Anne Ten Donkelaar
Sometimes I see the work of an artist or a designer online and truly wish I could say it was mine. Unbelievably delicate work by Dutch designer Anne Ten Donkelaar… – Kylie
CATEGORIES: art, design, florals, looking out, paper
Tagged flowers, paper art
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Ink
Eep! It’s been so long since I’ve posted that I almost have forgotten how… But here I am at last. Posts about my trip to the US will have to wait a few days, as I’m still getting back on … Continue reading
CATEGORIES: design, embellishment, ink, pattern
Tagged art, decoration, design, embellishment, ink, pattern, tattoo
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