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I’ve been wanting to talk about my love for the very intricate work of Claire Coles for ages, but she was on so many blogs for so long that I thought I’d wait until the excitement settled before showing her work here. I was peeking in on her website this morning and came across new photos of her work – from bespoke stitched wallpaper to ceramics, prints and brooches Claire has been keeping busy! Aren’t these things just so beautiful?

Claire Coles

Claire Coles

Claire Coles

Claire Coles

Her fresh approach to wallpaper design combines vintage wallpapers stitched together to form beautiful things like birds, flowers and furniture and because her work is custom, clients can specify pattern, dimension and color. Some of her most recent commissions include wallpaper designs for Ted Baker and Oasis and textile designs for Anthropologie. Gorgeous!

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16 Responses to “Claire Coles Design”

  1. 1 Nuit commented:


    Wow, this is really lovely. She keeps getting better and better!
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  2. 2 simply hue commented:


    Wow…..beautiful! I have never heard of her work and I’m so glad you shared it with us. :)
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  3. 3 SixDifferentWays commented:


    Beautiful! Love the tea cups
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  4. 4 laura trevey commented:


    I love the sweet birds in a row…
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  5. 5 Jen @ GreetQ.com commented:


    Amazing! I have to admit I’m a little confused by the teacups. They’re lovely but how’d she do it?! :) And the wallpaper: it must be a painstaking process but the results are beautiful. I think it would look great as a wall accent…
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  6. 6 jo commented:


    Wow! Her work is absolutely stunning! ?
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  7. 7 samantha hahn commented:


    wow….so beautiful. Illustration and surface pattern and craft….what an amazing combination!
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  8. 8 Macy commented:


    Absolutely perfect! I love them, most especially because I am into these kinds of designs. It’s as if they jumped out of my wishful thinkings. :)
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  9. 9 Katie Stephenson commented:


    Wow, I’ve not seen anything like this before. I must have missed the first round of blog love. The faces in wallpaper are too fantastic.
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  10. 10 steven commented:


    hey holly, you just confirmed what i secretly knew, that i am actually extremely cool, because back in the day when i owned a little shop here in london, claire coles was one of the designers whose work we stocked, and this was over 5 years ago now, and i can say from meeting her she is really also quite lovely in person.
    xx
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  11. 11 alison commented:


    claire has been a favorite of mine since i first saw her work. it’s so inspiring!

  12. 12 Andrea Yu commented:


    These are gorgeous! I love the layered look and the line quality of the portraits are flawless. Just lovely.
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  13. 13 maria commented:


    So lovely
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  14. 14 veda commented:


    so beautiful!
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  15. 15 alex sunday commented:


    i saw her “forget me knot” embroidered tables (and cups maybe?) at a graduate show in london in 2003. loved them! no surprises that she’s doing amazing stuff still. :)
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  16. 16 aphrochic commented:


    This is just SO special. I LOVE it!

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