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Sketchbooks - Brighton Pavillion

The Royal Pavilion, Brighton Project

The brief for this special project was to create a scarf design for the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, using the Sussex landmark as inspiration. To kick-start the project Helen visited the Pavilion, returning to her childhood roots in Brighton, taking photos, collecting references like postcards and making visual and colour notes.

Visual Research

Sketchbook 1990 1991 39a
Historical postcards

Sketchbook 1990 1991 37a
More postcard research

Sketchbook 1990 1991 50 A
Chinoiserie photo and sketches

Sketchbook 1990 1991 41a
The Prince Regents' wallpapaer

Sketchbook 1990 1991 44a
Photos and sketches

Sketchbook 1990 1991 57a
Pink and blue Chinese handpainted wallpapaer

Helen's Working Sketches

Sketchbook 1990 1991 49a
Bamboo

Sketchbook 1990 1991 55a
Dragon and on the spot colour notes

Sketchbook 1990 1991 53a
Dragon page

Sketchbook 1990 1991 53 Detail A
Dragon detail

Sketchbook 1990 1991 45a
Page showing ideas for final layout

The final design as a shirt is shown below...

Pavillion Red

Pavillion Red

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