Catherine Houriez is a Paris-based surface and textile designer operating under the studio name Artwist. The studio creates original motifs and illustrations for brands and designers across fashion, decoration, stationery, and objects.
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Catherine Houriez is a Paris-based surface and textile designer operating under the studio name Artwist. The studio creates original motifs and illustrations for brands and designers across fashion, decoration, stationery, and objects. Several collections are produced per year - available via a private catalogue updated monthly - alongside custom commissions built from client briefs.
Houriez works across three registers: gouache-painted characters with a playful quality, florals referencing English cottage gardens, and strong graphic abstract compositions. Colour, joy, and fantasy are consistently foregrounded. The portfolio features warm, saturated palettes with confident linework and patterns suited to both textile print and all-over repeat application.
Gouache is the primary medium, used to construct characters and botanical motifs before integration into repeatable pattern formats. Custom commissions are developed from written briefs, indicating fluency in brief interpretation and translation into deliverable artwork.
Serves brands and designers in the fashion, decoration, stationery, and objects sectors. Catalogue access is by request; commissions are available on brief.
Houriez began her career in marketing before launching an organic cotton fabric publishing company, through which she created and sold printed fabric to home sewists. That venture led her to establish Artwist studio in Paris and pursue pattern design professionally.
Florals, gouache characters, and graphic abstract compositions. English garden-inspired botanicals and painted characters are the core motifs. The portfolio features all-over repeat structures with a handcrafted quality.
Catherine Houriez is a Paris-based surface and textile designer operating under the studio name Artwist. The studio creates original motifs and illustrations for brands and designers across fashion, decoration, stationery, and objects.
Style and Aesthetic Houriez works across three registers: gouache-painted characters with a playful quality, florals referencing English cottage gardens, and strong graphic abstract compositions. Colour, joy, and fantasy are consistently foregrounded.
Pattern Focus Florals, gouache characters, and graphic abstract compositions. English garden-inspired botanicals and painted characters are the core motifs. The portfolio features all-over repeat structures with a handcrafted quality.
Markets and Clients Serves brands and designers in the fashion, decoration, stationery, and objects sectors. Catalogue access is by request; commissions are available on brief.
Techniques and Tools Gouache is the primary medium, used to construct characters and botanical motifs before integration into repeatable pattern formats. Custom commissions are developed from written briefs, indicating fluency in brief interpretation and translation into deliverable artwork.
Use the contact links on this profile to reach Catherine Houriez directly about your brief, timeline and budget.
Career Path Houriez began her career in marketing before launching an organic cotton fabric publishing company, through which she created and sold printed fabric to home sewists. That venture led her to establish Artwist studio in Paris and pursue pattern design professionally.
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