Designer Cath Kidston chooses her favourite prints at the London Original Print Fair, including works from our presentation by Tom Hammick.
‘My buying is driven by emotion and I was surprised to see what I was drawn to; gentle, optimistic, rather ethereal work. I am sure I am not alone in wanting to feel closer to nature with all the horrors going on in the world. I am also craving things around me that bring a feeling of comfort and optimism. So in my dream world I began by choosing Cy Twombly’s series of Some Trees of Italy. Then I couldn’t resist a couple of the very decorative Theodore Roussel prints and two pictures from the charming world of Ramiro Fernandez Saus. I chose Goya’s magical Circus Queen, Edward Ruscha’s dreamy bubbles, and two wonderful Tom Hammick night-time prints as they lifted my mood…’