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Mary Price Lampshades launching at ‘Spring into Colour’ exhibition

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Soon to be launched, a new range of lampshades made up in beautiful cotton sateen that will go on sale for the first time on 7 March 2019 at the ‘Spring into Colour’ exhibition at Bristol Tobacco Factory. The range will include six fabric designs and customers will be able to order bespoke lampshades in 20cm and 30cm sizes as pendant and table lamps.

30 cm table lampshade – lamp base not included

After the exhibition lampshades will initially be offered in the artistintheshed Etsy shop and eventually here on my website once I have activated e-commerce and sourced secure and strong packaging that I feel confident will ensure that your lampshade arrives safe and sound.

A bevy of 20cm table lampshades surrounding a 30cm pendant lamp with wild flower meadow painting as a back drop

For many years people had said to me that they thought my paintings would transfer well to textiles. Just recently I started experimenting and I have been blown away by the results.

There are so many companies now that make it possible to trial textile design without breaking the bank and with digital printing technology enabling even the most ardent technophobes to create stunning fabrics from drawings and paintings.

It’s an exciting time and I’m brimming with ideas about the many, many beautiful home décor products that I will be able to create.

When I posted the prototype lampshade on Instagram the response was quite overwhelming with one post gaining almost 3,000 likes and people wanting to buy globally from the USA to Bali as well as locally in my home town, Bristol.

This is a new venture and I am just starting up so I decided to write this blog post as a holding page for information. Each lampshade is handmade with love in my shed using textiles based on my paintings. Every product is slightly different so you will be the owner of something unique and beautiful bringing a warm ‘hygge’ glow to your room.

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Read new customer reviews

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‘Wonderful’ ©Mary Price
Madonna and Child ©Mary Price

This whole art business thing is one of the biggest learning curves – every tiny step brings a new insight but what has struck a chord with me most of all is how customers like to engage with the artists they buy from. Investing in artwork is a more emotional purchase than say buying a new coat or a washing machine for example and it pretty much equates with the pleasure you get from booking a holiday. Almost.

Artwork lasts. It doesn’t break down, wear out and become unfashionable.

If you have been thinking about buying a print or an original to add to your collection you may be interested to read reviews from some of my recent customers.

I contacted a few customers who had bought paintings and prints over the previous three months and asked for some feedback. I told them that I wanted to post their responses semi anonymously and I was pleasantly reassured at the positivity and willingness of everyone I emailed.

The page is looking great – even if I do say so myself. I feel proud that customers value the care I put into ensuring great quality prints and finished originals. I use Royal Mail tracking so that I can see when the customer receives their print. It is more expensive but I think most people prefer to have the reassurance of tracked delivery. I loved all of the reviews but this one from Alex, a customer who lives in Bristol, just bowled me over.

“Having a painting of Mary’s on my wall at home brings me daily joy. Her work is stunning. I was lucky enough to be invited into her studio after contacting her to say how much I admired her work. It was such a pleasure to go and see where these beautiful paintings are created. A tremendously difficult decision choosing but I fell in love with The Madonna.

“Mary was also kind enough to let me pay for the painting in instalments which we agreed upfront with a contract. The communication was frequent and friendly and Mary even went out of her way to bring the painting to its new home. I will be forever grateful for giving me this opportunity, it helped me afford a piece of unique art that produces so much happiness and inspiration in our home. It is beautiful, thank you Mary.”

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Madonna and Child – available as an open edition print – Original Sold.