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High Street vs Custom Clothing – The Latest Trends

High Street vs Custom Clothing

February 6, 2019February 6, 2019 by Beca Bailey

At Contrado, we put a lot of research into each and every new product that we make. Clothing is no exception to this rule at all. Take a look at the current hottest trends, and how we match up in our style head to head. It’s time to take a deeper look into high street […]

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Scanning Artwork to Print on Contrado Products

scanning artwork a simple guide

February 6, 2019February 5, 2019 by Beca Bailey

Throughout the Contrado website, you are likely to find multiple references to uploading your artwork or designs to our design interface. But what does this actually mean? If your piece is a painting in your studio, how do you even make it a file on your computer to upload, let alone a high enough quality […]

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Printing Methods – What they are and how they differ

Different printing methods

January 16, 2019January 18, 2019 by Beca Bailey

There are many different types of fabric printing methods, and they all yield different results. The type of textile printing used is often based on a number of considerations, from print runs, to durability. We have pulled together some of the most popular, or most commonly used methods, and explained them below. Printing Methods Stamp […]

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Start an Art Business and Become Successful

How to Start an Art Business

December 18, 2018December 18, 2018 by Beca Bailey

You may have been an artist for some time now and wonder how to start an art business. Perhaps you want to start making money from the thing you love to do. If this sounds like you, then we might just have the perfect solution. We have curated collections so we are confident that we […]

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Meet the Contrado Artists #15: A day at Contrado with Lois O’Hara

lois

November 15, 2018November 16, 2018 by Beca Bailey

This month instead of our “Meet the Contrado Artists” post following its usual format, we decided to take it a little more literally for a change. So this time Contrado really did meet the artist, and that artist was Lois O’Hara. We spent a whole day together and did some truly amazing things. Check out […]

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Meet the Contrado Artists #14: Intricate Illustrations

illustrations meet the artists

October 3, 2018September 26, 2018 by Beca Bailey

It’s time for the 14th edition of Meet the Contrado Artists: Intricate Illustrations In the last meet the artists post, we took a look at the use of colour, specifically the bold and beautiful. This time we thought we would bring it back to the basics, and take a closer look at some intricate illustrations. […]

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Meet the Contrado Artists #13: Colour – Bold and beautiful

September 7, 2018February 18, 2019 by Beca Bailey

Welcome to the 13th edition of Meet the Contrado Artists: Colour – Bold and Beautiful In the last edition of meet the artists we took an in depth look at painters. After being so impressed with the way they seemed to live and breathe their medium, we have decided to take a closer look into […]

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Meet the Contrado Artists #12: Painters

Meet contrado artists 12 - painters

August 1, 2018August 2, 2018 by Beca Bailey

Welcome to our 12th edition of meet the Contrado artists series – Painters We will never cease to be amazed at the talent and skill we see every day from our Contrado Creatives. In our last edition of Meet the Artists, we saw artists with fine arts inspirations. This was a mix of painters, illustrators, […]

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Competition – Contrado Winners & New Contest

espadrille winners

July 12, 2018July 16, 2018 by Beca Bailey

Recently we’ve been running design contests to push your creativity and reward emerging talent, and it’s working. We had some amazing entries and as a result it was difficult to pick our favourites. Here’s a quick summary of the previous competition winners and their prizes; we hope you get as much inspiration from these talented […]

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Meet the Contrado Artists #11: Fine Arts & Inspirations

artists fine arts and inspirations

July 5, 2018July 5, 2018 by Beca Bailey

Welcome to our 11th edition of meet the Contrado artists series. We continue to be astonished at the diversity and talent we come across. You may remember that in our last edition of Meet the Artists, we looked at artists with graffiti creations and zen ruminations. This time we are going to take a look […]

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