design: atelier ilona lighting


this link shows examples of my lighting and furniture. for more information on the techniques that i use, go to the design techniques page.

left: embroidery in colour, right, block print with embroidery




shade delivery day: a sampler of shapes, 
sizes and designs
shade delivery day: a sampler

top: double block printing;
bottom: block print and tea dye

a shade sampler: tea dyeing,
double printing, single
colour  printing




various block prints

top: hand embroidery with tea dyeing:
below, negative block print

double colour block print

hand embroidery and hand painting
block printing using two
colours and multiple blocks

rustic shade: block printing
in combination with pleats

off white on white printing.
double printing, ground in off white with
brown overprinting




below are featured various block prints: single colour with tea staining, double colour printing and off white on white printing
the lamps featured below are one-off pieces made for exhibitions or are commissions for private clients.







the lamps featured below are one-off pieces made for exhibitions or as commissions for private clients.
lightbox with lino block printing
 on hand painted and tea stained 
silk: back panel features Rumi's 
verse  on the nightingale and the rose

lightbox with lino printing on tea 
dyed silk. back and front panels are
 different although on the same theme, 
himalayan rock carvings

wooden base with hand cut grooves, 
shade with lino printing on 
unbleached cotton: himalayan 
odyssey theme
wooden base with hand cut grooves,
 shade with lino printing on 
unbleached cotton.
silk lamp shade on 
wooden base, 
5 inches x 34 inches,
 lino print, 
hand painted wash, 
tea dyeing and text 
(sura-e-nur)

close-up of 
lino printing 
with text 
visible in 
background.