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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: florals
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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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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oh Lo!
Styling: Lo Bjurulf / Photography: Stellan Herner Images via Elle Interior – Sweden I LOVE LO. – Kylie
CATEGORIES: design, florals, pattern, photography, styling
Tagged flowers, magazine, paper art, pattern, photography, styling, wallpaper
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100TH POST + SNEAK PEEK 2
How exciting! We’re on our 100th post! To celebrate we thought we’d share some of our recent work with you. We’ve been busy busy in the studio working on our collections and in order to capitalise on the momentum we’ll … Continue reading
CATEGORIES: design, fashion, florals, geometrics, pattern, textiles
Tagged collections, design, Elly Joel, kylie thévenau, pattern, sneak peak
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All in the Details
Dolce and Gabbana SS13. Holiday in Capri, anyone? Images from Style.com Elly
simple pleasures
In a rare quiet moment I took my dog for a walk yesterday afternoon, and noticed the first of the roadside freesias, which means it’s nearly spring! And it also reminded me that we’ve been in our house nearly a … Continue reading
What a ….. relief!?
Some days just don’t turn out how you planned them… There were ups, there were downs, then there were ups again…. The first ‘up’ was the discovery of these beautiful old postcards in Turnstyle. I am in love with the … Continue reading
CATEGORIES: florals, looking further, paper, photography
Tagged colour, kylie thévenau, painting, paper art
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Stream of conciousness…
So you know already I have Yen Mag Issue 58 and I like the work from Tugboat Printshop. I also liked this: This image is part of the identity package for Floriade Australia 2012. I am not sure if it … Continue reading
Yen and Valerie Lueth
I love this cover of Yen mag issue 58 and a rather nice interview with one half of Tugboat Printshop Valerie Lueth. You will have to buy it to read! These are some lovely woodcuts for one of Tugboat’s prints … Continue reading
CATEGORIES: art, design, fashion, florals
Tagged art, kylie thévenau, magazine, yen
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Peter Pilotto
I’m knee deep in pattern inspiration this morning, collating images for mood boards, one of my favourite things to do! And I’m loving the incredible patterns and colour from Peter Pilotto for Pre-Spring 13: Elly