Craig Fellows

Craig Fellows is a Textile print artist with a passion for colour and illustration. He combines is fine art talents with his love for fashion and textiles and he uses traditional, contemporary and digital printing techniques to turn his illustrations into beautiful fashion and interior pieces. Each piece in designed, printed, made and hand finished in the UK and every piece in Craig's collection is unique and cannot be found on the high street.

Craig graduated the University of Northampton in 2008 with a First Class Honors Degree in Fashion. During his studies his work was regularly exhibited and selected to represent the University in a number of competitions, including Clothes Show Live, New Designers and Graduate Fashion Week; where his collection was shown in the Gala show for the Zandra Rhodes Textile Award. Craig has also received several industry awards, such as Scotland’s Trade Fair - Best Product Award 2012, the Society of Dyers and Colourists Award in recognition of his distinct and fresh use of colour and the Leigh Cooke Colour in Design Award. With strong links with fashion, Craig has been able to work on exciting live projects with the British Leather Council, Drapers and Textile Lecture Days alongside Zandra Rhodes.

 Craig Fellows has 5 collections of work that he  has designed. His first one from 2008 is titled "A Hen That Struts Like A Roosted Is Often Invited For Dinner". All his patterns feature hens in different patterns and colours to create  really interesting and beautiful designs. With some of the patterns he has created them digitally and in some of them he has hand drawn illustrations and then scanned them into the computer and then manipulated then digitally to add colours.

He uses a lot of earthy tones and pastel colours in his work.

A Hen That Struts Like a Rooster is Often Invited For Dinner (2008)

I really like the sketchy look that his prints has because he has hand drawn all the designs and then printed them onto his materials and fabrics that he uses.

Daisy Heads, Thistles & Oversized Pixels (2009)

I really like his use of colours because he doesn't use really bright colours but it still looks colourful and cheerful. He uses pastel colours so that it doesn't distract from the black pattern and this really makes the design stand out. The tones are quite warm which makes the pieces inviting and eye catching.

Macabre Insects, Orchids & Rich Hues (2010)

Bugs, Bees & Geometric Forms (2011)

I like the patterns that have the insects on them and I like the bees because i like all the detail that is on each bees which make s it look like they are 3 dimensional and not flat.

Feathers, Fungi & Spores (2012)

I really like the Feathers, Fungi & Spores designs because he has used a shadow around his drawings which gives them another dimension and not just a pattern on fabric. 

He makes lots of different pieces, such as Scarves, Purses, Bags Cushions, Greeting Cars, Gift Wrap, Framed Images and Post Cards.


Craig Fellows sells his items on his website http://www.craigfellows.co.uk/ and also at art shows and fairs