The Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust (WBGT) has provided access to painter and printmaker's work to inspire Falmouth-based Seasalt’s October collection.

With over 45 shops across the UK, Seasalt sells womenswear, accessories, footwear and homeware. Their autumn/winter collection draws on Cornwall’s artistic heritage and culture, with a focus on the thriving artistic communities that sprang up in Newlyn, Lamorna and St Ives during the 20th century. They have taken inspiration from strong female artists such as Dod Procter, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham and Sandra Blow.

WBGT chairman Geoffrey Bertram said: “We were very excited when Seasalt approached us to feature ‘Willie’ – as she was known to her friends. We hope partnering with Seasalt will introduce her work to a different generation and make her work more accessible to a larger audience across the country.”

Seasalt co-founder and senior print designer, Sophie Chadwick, added: “This autumn, our designers’ scrapbooks and moodboards were filled with the paintings and sketches of many celebrated local artists. Colours, textures and forms leapt from gallery walls to inform our colour palettes, fabrics and unique prints.

“For this month’s new collection, it was the work of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham that captured our imaginations. Amy, manager of our St Ives shop, fondly remembers Wilhelmina popping in to chat about our latest prints and colours.

"The Penwith Society painter used sensitive linear marks to illustrate her coastal surroundings, working in rich and soft natural shades that reflect the landscape through the seasons. Our textile team has explored the artist’s style, with delicately drawn botanicals and tumbling abstract shapes to create some of our best prints yet. And the collection was photographed mostly at St Ives’ Porthmeor Studios where Willie had her studio until the early 1960s when she then worked out of her home 1 Barnaloft just up the road.”

Geoffrey addd: “I’m sure Willie would have been pleased with the Seasalt collaboration. She was always interested in fashion and might even have been tempted with one or two pieces from the collection. This is the third occasion that Willie’s art has inspired artists and designers in different media including furniture designer Grant Sonnex who introduced her lines into his cabinets while glass artist Fiaz Elson brought Willie’s colour to her sculpture."