Leah Shimi is a UK-based surface pattern designer and watercolour artist working under the name Marinette's Colours, based in Gorleston, Norfolk. She designs for art licensing, with a portfolio targeting home textiles, quilting fabrics, stationery, and wallpaper.
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Leah Shimi is a UK-based surface pattern designer and watercolour artist working under the name Marinette's Colours, based in Gorleston, Norfolk. She designs for art licensing, with a portfolio targeting home textiles, quilting fabrics, stationery, and wallpaper. Designs are available for licensing and sold through Spoonflower and Redbubble.
Selected Instagram pattern images suggest watercolour-led work with a warm, heartfelt sensibility. Shimi describes her aesthetic as designs that "grow with your family, from playful pieces for little ones to timeless touches for adults" - a broad decorative register spanning children's and adult home décor. Animal and floral themes are her documented primary subjects.
Watercolour painting as primary medium, digitised into seamless repeats using Affinity Designer and Procreate. Both hand-painted originals and digital constructions are part of her portfolio. Explicitly non-AI generated work.
Home textiles, quilting fabrics, stationery, and wallpaper. Art licensing to product brands; open to licensing enquiries. Spoonflower and Redbubble for direct consumer fabric and print-on-demand sales.
Rediscovered painting during the Covid pandemic in 2020, beginning with handmade cards for friends. Discovered surface pattern design through Instagram and began developing repeat construction skills using Affinity Designer and Procreate. Building a licensing-focused portfolio with 1+ years of formal SPD practice.
Watercolour-based repeating patterns featuring animals and florals. The portfolio features organic, warm compositions suited to fabric, quilting, and home goods. Licensing-ready portfolio with an emphasis on family-friendly, heartfelt imagery.
Leah Shimi is a UK-based surface pattern designer and watercolour artist working under the name Marinette's Colours, based in Gorleston, Norfolk. She designs for art licensing, with a portfolio targeting home textiles, quilting fabrics, stationery, and wallpaper.
Style and Aesthetic Selected Instagram pattern images suggest watercolour-led work with a warm, heartfelt sensibility.
Pattern Focus Watercolour-based repeating patterns featuring animals and florals. The portfolio features organic, warm compositions suited to fabric, quilting, and home goods. Licensing-ready portfolio with an emphasis on family-friendly, heartfelt imagery.
Markets and Clients Home textiles, quilting fabrics, stationery, and wallpaper. Art licensing to product brands; open to licensing enquiries. Spoonflower and Redbubble for direct consumer fabric and print-on-demand sales.
Techniques and Tools Watercolour painting as primary medium, digitised into seamless repeats using Affinity Designer and Procreate. Both hand-painted originals and digital constructions are part of her portfolio. Explicitly non-AI generated work.
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Career Path Rediscovered painting during the Covid pandemic in 2020, beginning with handmade cards for friends. Discovered surface pattern design through Instagram and began developing repeat construction skills using Affinity Designer and Procreate.
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