VASE - gold, orange, red on purple Color:gold, orange,red, purple I believe that there will

I believe that there will be many more designs inspired by the 'Ottoman Empire' but for now I have dipped my toe in the water with a simple repetitive design that works because of the colour and contrast

stripes and little grids balanced with a few circular type motifs

The dark and light blue carousel cuff link was designed to go with a silk tie of matching colours - highlighting the features of both the tie and the cuffs

the stylized hydrangea

VASE - gold, orange, red on purple Color:gold, orange,red, purple I believe that there willThe genesis of this design was Christopher Dresser an amazing designer that I was totally unaware of until recently. As an industrial designer in the 1800's he was inspired by and worked for employers in Britain, France, Japan and USA. His designs are are often complex but have an elegant simplicity that I have tried to capture in the 'Vase' design. The rarely found feature of this design is the background 'embossing' of the floral theme. Not for the