The Singing Birds of Glasgow 80/20 Vase

This elegant bird and roses design was inspired by the work of Talwin Morris, Art Director at Glasgow-based publishers, Blackie and Son. Talwin’s book cover designs were heavily influenced by the Glasgow style and were featured in the aesthetic magazine The Studio. The designs were created by stamping designs, either in colour or gold foil, directly onto cloth, which was then bound onto the cover of the book. Morris’s favourite motifs were birds, roses and hearts and it these that Nicola harnesses with soft, pastel hues.

In a book cover for the poems of Percy Shelley, a pair of mirrored songbirds erupt out of a spear-headed gold rose bush on green. Nicola re-imagines these elongated Talwin birds and sets them above an untamed garden of roses in full bloom, tinged with lilac, cameo-pinks and maroon, that shoot up with tight blue buds to the more stylised roses that featured on his book cover.

Ex Tax: £3,083.33

• Designer: Nicola Slaney
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