Carol Lake

General information

Carol Lake is an internationally established textile designer-maker specialising in botanicals. Her work reflects a desire to preserve the British tradition of hand-painting in textiles in combination with modern technology. Having studied Textiles at Brighton in the 1980s, Carol went on to live in London and worked at Artisan, a boutique textile studio that sold her work around the world. It was here that she developed her signature style of "gorgeous botanicals" in an array of bold colours. These designs were then sold internationally to famous brands such as Ted Baker, Nina Campbell, Designers Guild, Laura Ashley and Lulu Guinness.

Since moving to Norwich in 2008 and opening her studio in late 2013, Carol has designed and delivered to clients one-off dresses, scarves, wall art, screens, cushions, hand-painted walls, shirts, shoes and upholstered furniture. Alongside this she has provided advice on interiors, drawing on her deep experience mixed with the inspiration she gets from the way light, scale, colour, fashion and space interact.

Alongside Carol's main work, she has provided advice on interiors, drawing on her deep experience mixed with the inspiration she gets from the way that light, scale, colour, fashion and space interact. Her most recent project is a unique 3 floor restaurant that has been designed exclusively by Carol and features some of her newest and boldest designs.

The studio is open to browse and buy Carol Lake products every Saturday or by appointment. Spring 2017 will see the opening of a brand new online store.