Art to elevate life
"I believe in the power of art to elevate, delight and inspire. Everything I design or paint starts with a moment of joy, which I endeavour to capture and make timeless, to be enjoyed endlessly."
- Rose Fulbright
Rose creates handcrafted art, lifestyle and fashion collections that are elegant and joyous, her unapologetically pleasing work adorning every surface you can think of.
Rose works with the philosophy pioneered by William Morris, then adopted by Matisse and the Bloomsbury Omega workshops, that fine art and decorative arts are and should be intertwined to reach as many people as possible. This is joy for your every day.
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unapologetically pleasing
Rose Fulbright is an artist and designer with a profound family history in the arts (read more about Portmeirion through the link below). She has lived around the world, from China to Brussels, Paris to London. She was described by British Vogue as "The Girl Born to Design." and awarded "Beijing Outstanding Fashion Designer of the Year" in 2018.
Rose's work is most accurately described as applied arts, which encompasses paintings, painted wall murals and pottery, loungewear and furniture.
story
heritage
“I was brought up to celebrate the moments in the everyday where we can inject a little joy. Beauty for all occasions is my obsession.”
- Rose Fulbright
Rose has a profound heritage in the arts. Portmeirion Pottery - founded by her grandmother Susan Williams-Ellis, along with the Portmeirion Village built by her great-grandfather Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, have been deeply influential.
These combined with close family ties to the Bloomsbury Set through Lytton Strachey, a cousin, have seeped into Rose’s unmistakeably whimsical and elegant aesthetic.
imagination
The urge to make life more enjoyable and to improve wellbeing through visual art is at the heart of Rose Fulbright’s creative practice.
Rose believes that with the right imagination, our spaces can be honed to improve our experience of life through the joy of nature and colour, embodied in decorative arts.
The busy lives we lead sometimes mean we hardly ever ‘observe’ a space. Rose wants to make the most of the second where someone sees a flash of colour and beauty on their way past, making it the moment that lifts their mood for the rest of the day.
Nature
Rose is dedicated to working with natural materials where possible. Her clothing designs are all made in silk, cotton or hemp, her furnishings in cotton or paper, printed using water-based inks.
Rose is passionate about the quality of the tactile experience of her work.
Rose is excited to repurpose quality vintage furniture pieces as her new canvas in her newest collection, The Fauvist Jungle. With this collection Rose re-imagines how unloved and overlooked pieces can become functional art works.
Palette
Rose’s use of colour is inspired by her heritage, growing up exploring the magical village of Portmeirion in North Wales, as well as the wild landscape of Snowdonia in which it is situated.
Forever imprinted in her mind are the appeal of clear, bright and soft pastels alongside the grounding tones of earth, sand, sea and foliage. Her palette is wide-ranging, but always uplifting, sophisticated and appealing.
Surface Pattern
Rose Fulbright’s work is characterised by elegant, stylised forms found in nature, and joyful colour palettes.
Pattern designs are made with rhythm and pace at the forefront, drawn and painted by Rose to capture the inimitable human imperfections that make a design so attractive.
Rose also collaborates with brands chosen for their dedication to local, sustainable or artisanal methods.
Collaborations
Human relationships are key to Rose’s practice, and she designs and creates specifically to celebrate the joy of connection through art.
Creativity is most potent when ideas are shared. Rose loves to partner with other brands and projects to come up with new ideas.