Auckland-based artist Alice Berry’s popular paintings have been spotted in numerous houses featured in Your Home and Garden.
From abstract florals to texture-rich terrains, her work is a lively depiction of alfresco life. So when she entered the 2023 Bolt of Cloth Textile Design Award, for which she had to design a series of cushions, she looked to her beautiful verdant green hillscapes.
“The texture of the canvas is quite similar to the texture of the Panama cotton used for the cushion covers, and I often paint on a square canvas, so the hills transfer really well,” she says of her designs, which went on to win the competition. She did, however, have to tweak the placement of the art on the cushion to take into account the curved shape and movement once the filling is inside.
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