Chella is proud to present an extraordinary collection of fabrics from a design industry original. Our first ever designer featured collection is the brainchild of Roy Hamilton, designer of exclusive ceramics, sculptural and textural interior elements and fabrics for over sixty years.
From the outset, Roy was determined to pursue his passion for product design, first studying at the Textilefachschule in Zurich, Switzerland. A jacquard weaving mill in the north of England came next, and eventually led to Liberty of London’s office in New York when he developed a weekend hobby working with clay. The ceramics won out as Roy established his ‘handwriting’ with slip-decorated soft edged geometric designs, interpretations of which form the basis of
The Roy Hamilton Collection for Chella.
Roy explains: “I took a different concept in working with Chella: starting with a color palette of six neutral tones. Each color way covers the same six designs, scaled from small to large. These six designs include Screen Shot (2750), a broken all-over textured design that coordinates and works with all or any of the five other designs. Everything inter-relates”.
Today, Roy, a self-described potter and celebrated ceramicist, creates proprietary collections of vessels in his Brooklyn studio. This season, Roy has infused original textiles with patterns from his exclusive ceramic pieces.
Screen Shot (2750) employs subtle graphics in an allover texture, creating a cinematic shadow effect.
Corner Deck (2600) plays to the boundaries with overstitched layers accenting a neutral field.
Angular (2700) puts the artisan’s confident hand-drawn geometry on display.
Overlap (2650) offers insight into traditional hand-weaving, showcasing the graphic relationship between warp and weft.
Shadow Cast (2550) poses the question is shadow form or is form shadow?
Tiger Scan (2500) with its traditional damask structure captures the tiger in motion reversing its stripes.
Patterns
The Roy Hamilton Collection
2500-75 - Ink
2500-52 - Honey
2500-42 - Argento
2500-25 - Desert Sage
2500-07 - Sandstone
2500-05 - Thistle
2550-05 - Thistle
2550-07 - Sandstone
2550-25 - Desert Sage
2550-42 - Argento
2550-52 - Honey
2550-75 - Ink
2750-75 - Ink
2750-52 - Honey
2750-42 - Argento
2750-25 - Desert Sage
2750-07 - Sandstone
2750-05 - Thistle
2650-75 - Ink
2650-52 - Honey
2650-42 - Argento
2650-25 - Desert Sage
2650-21 - Alabaster
2650-07 - Sandstone
2650-05 - Thistle
2600-05 - Thistle
2600-25 - Desert Sage
2600-25 - Desert Sage
2600-42 - Argento
2600-52 - Honey
2600-75 - Ink
2700-75 - Ink
2700-52 - Honey
2700-42 - Argento
2700-25 - Desert Sage
2700-21 - Alabaster
2700-07 - Sandstone
2700-05 - Thistle