Collections

Hopefully you now know that Nura translates to country in The Sydney Language (you can read a little more about the meaning behind Nura in our blog The Journey To Nura).
So, for each Nura collection, our fabric prints are inspired by and celebrate our wonderful country, Australia. Our exclusive designs start their life as watercolour artworks created in collaboration with Australian artists and are then transformed in to a repeat print ready for textile production for our special Nura pieces.

The Australian Summer Holiday Collection

Nura’s third collection, released in October 2020, represent all the fun and wonderful things we associate with our iconic Aussie Summers. Exclusively created in collaboration with Elizabeth Kelly from ELK Prints.

The three prints available in this collection are The Aussie Beach Holiday, The Aussie Camping Holiday and The Pavlova.

ARTIST

Elizabeth Kelly

Founder & Director of ELK Prints

Elizabeth is a graphic designer and illustrator. She has a 1st class honours degree in Design from UNSW. After graduating she worked in a larger design studio setting creating work for corporate and commercial clients where she learnt a lot about branding and honed her print media skills across a full spectrum of job types.

She started her own business, ELK Prints, in 2014 designing for magazine publications, branding for small businesses and pursuing her dreams of painting and creating her own original imagery. Her passion for paper, illustration, typography and layout design led her towards the field of event stationery, creating designs for weddings and parties that married these skill sets together. She is currently working with couples around Australia to tell their unique love stories via invitations and event decor and her work has been featured in leading bridal magazines and party blogs.

Elizabeth loves working in watercolours, brush and ink and is inspired by the diversity of the botanical world. She believes in craftsmanship, in doing things beautifully and with style. An explorer at heart she thrives on creative briefs that allow her to discover the story behind a business or the individuals whose event she is working on to create something that reflects and tells that story. Her style is artisanal, textural, organic and delicate with brushstrokes as unique and individual as those she works with.

Connect with Elizabeth via instagram or email

The Australian Animal Collection

Nura’s second collection, released in June 2018, is inspired by our gorgeous Australian wildlife. Our exclusive prints for this collection were created in collaboration with Lollilu Studio.

The four prints available in this collection are The Platypus, The Kangaroo, The Cockatoo and The Freshwater Turtle.

ARTIST

Edwina Buckley

Founder & Director of Lollilu Studio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After completing a degree in Design, and working for other brands and studios for some time, Edwina now directs and owns one of Australia’s most versatile textile design studios, Lollilu.

She specialises in detailed, hand-painted and hand-drawn prints for the fashion industry as well as illustrations for a wide variety of non-fashion clients. Edwina has had clients such as Burberry, Jo Malone London, Zimmermann, Hurley, Rip Curl, Burton Snowboards, Deus Ex Machina, Bonds, The Critical Slide Society, Volcom, Seafolly, Insight, Mambo, David Jones, Myer, QT Hotels, NRMA, Peter Alexander, Samsung, Realestate.com, Officeworks, Big W, Dilmah Tea, Best and Less, Sunseeker and many more.

Aside from Lollilu, Edwina is also represented by The Drawing Arm Illustration Agency. They have widened her portfolio with lots of incredible opportunities for billboard, commercial and editorial artwork. Edwina has illustrated for YellowTail’s billboard campaign nationally displayed across Australia, had her artwork on NRMA’s hybrid car in their TVC, created illustrations for the Sunday Telegraph’s Sunday Style magazine and for the third year in a row – created all the hand-painted illustrations for Brisbane’s ‘Regional Flavours’ Festival’s signage which attracts celebrity chefs and more than 90,000 visitors each year.

Edwina also recently designed an ‘artist series’ of Christmas wrapping paper which was available last Christmas (2017) at The Galeries QVB Sydney for customers wanting beautiful, bespoke gift wrapping.

Connect with Edwina via instagram or email

The Australian Botanic Collection

Nura’s very first collection launched in June 2017, celebrating the beautiful native flora of Australia. The three prints available in this collection are The Banksia, The Eucalypt and The Lilly Pilly.

ARTISTS

Shipra Shah

Artist of The Eucalypt and Banksia print


 

Shipra trained for 5 years at a premier art institute, has a Degree in Fine Arts and a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.

She has worked as a Visual Merchandiser and Set Designer for many years and has gained extensive experience in Store Planning and Graphic Art. Throughout this period, Shipra has continued her love for drawing and watercolor painting.

Over the years her works include detailed watercolor paintings, illustrations, participating and selling in several exhibitions and above all teaching watercolour and botanical art.

Her eye for detail and perseverance to translate it into her work has been consistent.

After moving to Australia a decade back, she lived in a beautiful townhouse and started painting the beautiful flora and fauna around her.

This, combined with her passion for watercolor painting, gave her the fuel to start her formal training after which she never looked back. Watercolour art is now her zeal and passion.

Connect with Shipra via email or instagram

Mei Yong

Artist of The Lilly Pilly print

Mei is a Melbourne based freelance illustrator. She specialises in botanic art, beauty and fashion illustration. The art mediums Mei uses include watercolour, ink, gouache and coloured pencil. Mei loves English bulldogs, roller coasters and board games.

Mei has always loved art as far as she could remember. However, after finishing Year 12, she abandoned her paintbrushes to further her studies and career. 3 years ago, she decided to take a break from work and started painting again. A year later, she had her first gallery exhibition and all her artworks were sold! It was that very moment that made her realise that this could be the start of something bigger. And in 2015, Made on Sundays was founded, this was the best decision she had ever made.

Connect with Mei via email or Instagram.


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