Who? When? Where? What? How? William Morris Era: Iconic Product: Block Printed Wallpaper

Who? When? Where? What? How? William Morris 1.An Artist, Philosopher, Poet and Designer 2.One of the most influential designers of the nineteenth century, and remains today one of the best known of all British designers due to his extraordinary talent as a pattern designer. 3.Formed the Arts & Crafts movement along with Phillip Webb 4.Also specialised in Interior Design and encouraged hand craftsmanship, which in turn would enable workers to achieve satisfaction and pleasure in their work. 5.By the mid 1860’s, Morris concentrated all his decorative prowess on his Block Printed Wallpaper designs, using his indigo discharge print technique

Who? When? Where? What? How? William Morris Born-1834 Wrote some Poetry and stuff- when bored Became a socialist- whatever Began Art and Crafts Movement- whenever Block Printed Wallpaper Did other stuff Died-1896

Who? When? Where? What? How? William Morris Red House, Bexleyheath, Kent,...a house designed for Morris by architect Philip Webb

Who? When? Where? What? How? William Morris Block Printed Wallpaper Morris designed his first three repeating wallpapers; Daisy, Trellis and Fruit in Medieval form of printing textiles revived by Morris in the 1880’s. 2.Produced using natural indigo and resist dyes. 3.Industrial revolution had destroyed craftsmanship due to faster ways to print textiles.

Who? When? Where? What? How? William Morris 1.Block-printing was undertaken on long padded tables 2.The printer would first place the printing block on the dye pad and then press the block onto the cloth. 3.The block was pressed down 4.The dye pads were carried on trolleys which the printer could pull along as he worked along the length of the cloth. 5.After the first set of impressions was dry a second set of blocks was printed on the cloth and the process repeated. 6.Small pins projected from the blocks so each successive impression could be aligned.