William Morris

William Morris is a British artist born in 1834. He is well known for his print designs. These include prints on fabric and on paper. As well as the prints he had created woven patterns on fabric. He made his prints into wallpaper designs. His wallpaper prints were very popular during the 19th century. Maybe what made his work so popular was the fact that is was something that people saw in there homes everyday, especially the rich. So by having such wall paper in ones home was a way of showing how rich or of which class you were.  However as printing became cheaper the burgeoning middle classes could also afford it and so the popularity and demand on people wanting these artistic prints increased. 

His block prints tend to use a muted colour palette. I like how all the designs are nature inspired bringing whats outside,inside. To me the parts of his work that inspire me the most is that his these wallpaper designs are repeatable and that they are detailed designs made by block printing methods. In addition to this I like how he uses the British nature, at that period, influence his patterns and colour pallet.

References: 

National trust.(2018).Who was William Morris?[Online].[Accessed:10 February 2018]. Available from:https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/features/who-was-william-morris

Tate.(2018).William Morris 1834-1896.[Online].[Accessed: 10 February 2018].Available: http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/william-morris-388

V&A.(2018).Introducing William Morris. [Online].[Accessed: 10 February 2018]. Available: https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/introducing-william-morris