Wrendale Designs
Wrendale Designs are an award-winning publisher of greeting cards, stationary and giftware featuring the characterful watercolour artwork of artist Hannah Dale. Amongst a love of the outdoors they pride themselves on producing high quality design-led products which often feature added little touches to make them extra special.
EST. 2012
Hannah Dale began Wrendale Designs in 2012 on a crowded kitchen table in Melton Ross, Lincolnshire.
Having a pretty eclectic background (studying art at school before reading Zoology at Cambridge University followed by five years as a stockbroker in London), Hannah found herself married to a Lincolnshire farmer with a young baby and a desperation to find an outlet for her artistic roots.
Being a practical sort, she turned her hand to sewing, furnishing the windows of many friends and family with beautiful curtains and blinds, and also making personalised nursery paintings for children which proved very popular.
INSPIRED BY NATURE
Inspired by the glorious Lincolnshire countryside, Hannah started to paint hares; loving their expressive faces and wonderful personalities.
After printing these designs as greeting cards based on her own watercolour artwork on a beautifully textured board, she began sharing these with local gift shops and they were an immediate success.
Hannah expanded her repertoire and began painting other animals – the rest as they say is history!
