About
Jenny Wilkinson is an independent designer, who set up her design studio in 2003. Jenny studied at Brighton University and her work continues to be influenced by the time she spent by the seaside. Her portfolio of work includes wallpaper and textile design as well as surface design in wood, metal, ceramics and plastics. Alongside designing and manufacturing her own range of products Jenny also undertakes individual commissions and contract work.Jenny is probably best known for her Wallpapers-By-Numbers range. Wallpaper-By-Numbers is a new idea in interactive wallpaper, first launched in 2003 with the Tilly print, the range has continued to grow and has recently been acquired by the V&A for their permanent collection.
The wallpaper is designed to be hung like conventional wallpaper and can then be coloured in using paints, colouring pencils or felt tip pens. The wallpaper and its number guides allow you to choose whether to colour a small section, the whole thing or just leave it blank. Jenny continues to work on this interactive theme and launched a new range of children’s wallpapers based on the original Wallpaper-By-Numbers range.Jenny’s work is inspired by a more 'quirky take' on the typical subject matter for her wallpaper prints. Venus Flutterby looks like an innocent floral print but has a cautionary tale to tell, of Butterflies flying too close to a repeat pattern of Venus Fly traps or her traditional looking wallpaper print that on closer inspection is made up from the outlines of Hammer Head Sharks. Her imagery is often evocative of the distorted world of childhood fantasies.
‘A brilliant idea at the best of times, ‘Sorry I can’t
come out I’m painting my wallpaper’ is an excuse that will
last quite a long time’
Blueprint