Bold and Beautiful
By Kelly Lavender
Jane Foster has put her creative streak to good use, producing bright and colourful screenprints that take their inspiration from Scandinavian design
Jane Foster has always had an artistic streak, even as a child, and spent five years in music college training to be a teacher. But her creativity was to take her in a different direction, when she discovered a natural talent for screen printing.
“For years I wanted to carve out a different career from teaching as I knew it would burn me The house itself features furniture from the 50s and out eventually,” Jane explains. 60s, including patterned Formica pieces and birch ply chairs, and Jane takes much of her inspiration “I visualised becoming self-employed and working from this era for her screenprints too. She says: from home so I could spend time with my daughter “My influences come from several sources; designs and do something I really enjoyed. I wasn't entirely from the 50s and 60s, Scandinavian design, bits sure how it was going to happen, but I took very from my parents and simple illustrations from small steps each day in the right direction.” illustrators such as Dick Bruna. I love bold, simple, happy designs, which appeal to children and adults alike.”
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Today, Jane divides her time between her business and raising her three-year-old daughter with her partner Jim. The family live in a contemporary eco home in Totnes, Devon, where Jane has a purpose built studio room in which to do her design work, screen printing and sewing.