Mushroom Umbrella

Bringing Art to Life: Tilla Crowne’s Mushroom Illustration on an Umbrella

Imagine carrying a piece of contemporary art with you, rain or shine. That’s exactly what we achieved by taking a profound illustration by London-based artist Tilla Crowne and meticulously printing it onto an umbrella.

Tilla Crowne’s work is deeply conceptual, often exploring themes of identity and memory through intricate drawings and installations. She uniquely incorporates biological materials like broken eggshells, plants, and even fungi, blurring the lines between art, nature, and the ephemeral. Her detailed and thought-provoking style presented a fascinating challenge: how to translate the delicate nuances of her mushroom illustration onto the functional, everyday canvas of an umbrella.

This wasn’t about simply adding a logo; it was about ensuring absolute high-fidelity reproduction. Every subtle colour gradation, delicate line, and complex texture from Tilla’s original artwork needed to be captured with precision, ensuring no artistic integrity was lost in the transition from paper to fabric. We knew the material suitability and printing technique were paramount to preserving the illustration’s vibrancy and durability, even when exposed to the elements.

The goal was to create a piece of functional art that also perfectly aligned with Tilla Crowne’s premium, thought-provoking brand. It needed to withstand heavy rain while still showcasing the beauty and detail of her artist’s illustration printed on the umbrella. Furthermore, as an artist deeply connected to natural materials, ethical production was a non-negotiable requirement.

This project was a true test of balancing technical printing capabilities with an appreciation for artistic detail. The result is an umbrella that transcends its utility, becoming a portable, wearable piece of Tilla Crowne’s evocative art, allowing her audience to engage with her unique vision in a new and intimate way.

Fabergé x The Umbrella Workshop: Where Digital Print Meets Diamond-Tier Design

This describes the Umbrella Workshop’s successful collaboration with Fabergé x Gemfields, focusing on our digital printing expertise to create an exclusive Fabergé printed umbrella. We were tasked with transferring intricate gemstone artwork onto a contemporary City Walker umbrella, a challenge we met by leveraging our advanced bespoke digital printing capabilities and commitment to ethical sourcing. The result: two stunning umbrella colourways—ruby and emerald—that perfectly capture Fabergé’s luxury brand identity and dedication to responsible practices. This partnership not only delivered a visually remarkable product but also underscored The Umbrella Workshop’s proficiency in managing complex, high-value branding projects from concept to international delivery, solidifying our position as a leader in premium branded merchandise.

Client Background / Challenge

Fabergé, a name synonymous with unparalleled luxury and artistry, is a distinguished member of the Gemfields Group, a globally recognised pioneer in responsible mining and marketing of coloured gemstones. This unique affiliation allows Fabergé to consistently infuse its creations with vibrant gemstones directly sourced from Gemfields’ mines in Africa—specifically rubies from Mozambique and emeralds from Zambia. A core tenet of both Gemfields’ and Fabergé’s philosophy is the unwavering commitment to ensuring that the prosperity generated by African gemstones directly benefits the people and communities of Africa. This deep-rooted dedication to ethical practices and sustainability is woven into the very fabric of both brands.

The challenge presented to The Umbrella Workshop was to create a Fabergé printed umbrella that would not merely serve as a promotional item, but as a true extension of this esteemed heritage. The brief was highly specific: a bespoke digital print on a contemporary “City Walker” umbrella model, designed in two distinct colourways—ruby and emerald. The artwork itself was exceptionally intricate, featuring beautifully replicated gemstone patterns intended to adorn each panel of the umbrella. This wasn’t just about printing; it was about meticulously translating the delicate artistry and vibrant hues of precious gems onto fabric, while upholding the luxurious aesthetic and the brand’s commitment to quality. The City Walker umbrella, chosen for its sophisticated, contemporary design that echoes the elegance of traditional wood walker models, presented its own set of technical considerations for achieving a flawless, high-definition print across its curved surface. The Umbrella Workshop’s task was to deliver a product that not only met Fabergé’s exacting standards for visual fidelity and craftsmanship but also aligned seamlessly with their ethical sourcing principles, ensuring that the supply chain reflected the values of both Fabergé and the Gemfields Group.

Approach / Solution For The Fabergé Printed Umbrella

The Umbrella Workshop’s approach to creating the bespoke Fabergé printed umbrella was multifaceted, combining our deep understanding of luxury merchandise production with meticulous attention to detail and a steadfast commitment to ethical sourcing. Our strategy was structured to address every aspect of Fabergé’s challenging brief, ensuring the final product would be a true embodiment of their brand values and aesthetic.

The initial phase focused on material selection and model suitability. The City Walker umbrella was a key specification, admired for its sophisticated profile. We conducted extensive trials to ensure this model could support the high-resolution digital print required. Its contemporary design and robust construction made it an ideal canvas for the intricate gemstone artwork. We selected premium polyester pongee for its excellent print receptivity, durability, and luxurious feel, ensuring the vibrant ruby and emerald hues would truly pop.

Digital printing expertise was paramount. The core of the Fabergé printed umbrella challenge lay in replicating the delicate and complex gemstone artwork with absolute fidelity. Our team leveraged advanced digital printing techniques, which allowed for unparalleled precision and colour vibrancy. This method enabled us to capture the subtle nuances, facets, and depths of the gemstone designs, ensuring that each “ruby” and “emerald” on the umbrella panels appeared strikingly realistic. Digital printing provided the flexibility to reproduce the intricate details of the gemstone patterns across multiple panels seamlessly, a feat that would be far more challenging with traditional printing methods. We conducted multiple print proofs and colour matching sessions with the Fabergé design team, meticulously adjusting hues and saturations until the on-fabric representation perfectly matched their exacting standards. This iterative process was crucial for achieving the desired luxurious finish and visual impact that digital printing uniquely enables.

Ethical sourcing and quality control were non-negotiable elements. As The Umbrella Workshop prides itself on superb branded merchandise from an ethical supply chain, and given Fabergé and Gemfields’ explicit commitment to responsible practices, our sourcing strategy was rigorously aligned. The product sourcing was handled through our trusted manufacturing partners in China, who adhere to stringent ethical labour standards and environmental regulations. This collaboration allowed us to maintain competitive pricing without compromising on our core values or the high-quality materials required for a luxury item. Throughout the production process, our internal quality control team maintained an unwavering presence. From the initial fabric inspection to print calibration, stitching, and final assembly, every stage was subjected to rigorous checks. This hands-on approach ensured that each Fabergé printed umbrella met The Umbrella Workshop’s rigorous quality benchmarks, as well as Fabergé’s own exceptionally high expectations for their branded merchandise.

Furthermore, we established clear and consistent communication channels with the Fabergé team. Regular updates, progress reports, and opportunities for feedback ensured a collaborative process. This transparency was vital, particularly when navigating the complexities of bespoke design and international production. Our ability to manage the project end-to-end, from concept to quality control and ultimately, international shipping, provided Fabergé with a seamless and stress-free experience. The partnership extended beyond simply manufacturing; it was about understanding Fabergé’s brand ethos and translating it into a tangible, high-quality product that resonated with their discerning clientele.

Results / Outcome For The Fabergé Printed Umbrella

The collaboration between The Umbrella Workshop and Fabergé x Gemfields culminated in the successful production of an exquisite Fabergé printed umbrella, delivered in two captivating colourways—ruby and emerald. The final product unequivocally exceeded Fabergé’s high expectations, serving as a testament to The Umbrella Workshop’s expertise in bespoke luxury merchandise and precision digital printing.

Visual Fidelity and Brand Alignment: The most striking outcome was the flawless replication of the intricate gemstone artwork onto the umbrella panels. Our advanced digital printing techniques allowed us to capture the dazzling detail and vibrant hues of the rubies and emeralds with remarkable accuracy. This visual fidelity was paramount for Fabergé, a brand synonymous with gemstone artistry. The umbrellas were not merely functional items but became wearable pieces of art, perfectly embodying the luxury, sophistication, and unique aesthetic of the Fabergé brand, all thanks to the capabilities of digital print.

Ethical Supply Chain Reinforcement: The project also reinforced Fabergé and Gemfields’ commitment to responsible sourcing. By partnering with The Umbrella Workshop, a company dedicated to ethical supply chains, they ensured that their branded merchandise aligned with their core values, from gemstone sourcing to umbrella production. Our internal quality control measures in China ensured not only product excellence but also adherence to ethical labour practices, providing Fabergé with complete peace of mind.

Market Reception and Impact: While specific sales figures for the Fabergé printed umbrella are proprietary to the client, the immediate feedback from Fabergé’s marketing and retail teams was overwhelmingly positive. The umbrellas were earmarked for high-value gifting and potential retail opportunities, suggesting their perceived value and desirability. The unique nature of the product, combining high fashion with gemstone art, generated significant interest, serving as a powerful brand storytelling tool. The umbrellas effectively extended Fabergé’s narrative of luxury, craftsmanship, and ethical beauty into a new product category.

Efficiency and Reliability: The Umbrella Workshop’s end-to-end project management, from initial concept to quality control and international shipping, ensured a smooth and efficient process for Fabergé. Our ability to deliver a complex, custom product within the agreed timelines and to the highest quality standards showcased our reliability as a trusted partner for premium branded merchandise. This efficiency saved Fabergé valuable time and resources, allowing them to focus on their core business while trusting The Umbrella Workshop with the intricacies of product development and delivery.

Fabergé printed umbrella

The creation of the Fabergé printed umbrella stands as a prime example of The Umbrella Workshop’s unparalleled capability in transforming ambitious brand visions into tangible, high-quality merchandise. This project was more than just manufacturing an umbrella; it was about meticulously translating Fabergé’s iconic luxury, intricate artistry, and unwavering commitment to ethical sourcing into a unique and desirable product. Our expertise in bespoke digital printing allowed us to faithfully reproduce the complex gemstone artwork, ensuring that each Fabergé printed umbrella was not just a functional accessory, but a wearable piece of art that perfectly mirrored the brand’s prestigious identity.

Furthermore, our rigorous internal quality control and dedication to ethical supply chains resonated deeply with Fabergé and the Gemfields Group’s core values, ensuring the entire production process was as responsible as it was efficient. The success of this collaboration underscores The Umbrella Workshop’s position as the go-to partner for brands seeking premium, custom-branded merchandise that truly makes a statement.

If your brand seeks to elevate its presence through exceptional, custom-designed merchandise that embodies your unique story and values, The Umbrella Workshop is ready to bring your vision to life. From intricate designs like the Fabergé printed umbrella to innovative new concepts, we combine creativity, ethical sourcing, and manufacturing excellence to deliver products that captivate and inspire.

Ready to create something extraordinary with us? We are The Umbrella Workshop – part of the Wurlin Group. We design and manufacture beautiful branded merchandise using an ethical supply chain.

Wurlin is a group that includes The Umbrella Workshop, specialising in the design and manufacture of high-quality branded merchandise. They emphasise creating beautiful products while maintaining a commitment to ethical supply chain practices. Wurlin, through The Umbrella Workshop, invites you to collaborate on creating extraordinary custom merchandise.

This bespoke umbrella, designed for Purbeck Ice Cream, features an expanding canopy with ventilation to handle stronger winds. The sturdy, expanding ribs provide a canopy width similar to our Golf umbrellas, while the design conveniently folds down to the length of a standard walker umbrella. This model is customised with Purbeck Ice Cream’s own logo in a two-colour print on one of the panels, using Pantone colour matching. Additionally, their artwork, depicting a skyline silhouette, is wrapped around all eight panels of the outer canopy.

All over print on an umbrella means each of the 8 panels of the umbrella are printed. They can be printed to the edge of the panel with an artwork that makes the top view of the umbrella appear to be one continuous piece of print, when actually each panel is printed individually prior to construction and then the Purbeck Ice Cream Umbrella is carefully sewn up by hand to ensure the print on each panel is aligned. The all over print on an umbrella ensures maximum impact for a stunning design, photo or logo.

Our range of umbrellas include three core models: golf umbrellas, walking umbrellas and folding umbrellas. Purbeck Ice Cream umbrella is a walking umbrella with a black silicon handle. Each model includes variants to suit your budget or lead time. It maybe you need an umbrella quickly and therefore we’ll offer you a UK manufactured umbrella which we can turn around within 2-3 weeks. Customisation options are limited to a logo print on a UK manufactured umbrella, but if you have a slightly longer lead time then we can print inside and outside of the umbrella. You can add a branded woven label to your customised umbrella or you can engrave a handle ring to a walking umbrella or a branded logo disk to a golf umbrella handle.

We are specialists in branded promotional merchandise. Printed umbrellas, custom-made bags and other branded merchandise that is sensibly sourced and never single-use plastic. If you would like to find out more about how we can help your business with sustainable branded merchandise, then find out more from us by visiting Wurlin or call us +44 (0)1225 667979. We work with global clients and ship internationally.

This Wood Walking umbrella exemplifies our exceptional printing capabilities, showcasing high-quality craftsmanship. The umbrella boasts a distinctive double canopy design, with the exterior featuring a precisely matched navy-blue Pantone colour, complemented by the school’s logo on two panels. Meanwhile, the interior canopy showcases a captivating, full-scale digital print, adorned with illustrations against a pristine white backdrop, accentuating even the most intricate details.

Our umbrella range comprises three core models: Golf umbrellas, Walking umbrellas, and Folding umbrellas, with various options tailored to your budget and time constraints. If you require a quick turnaround, we offer UK-manufactured umbrellas, ready within 2-3 weeks, featuring logo printing on umbrellas as the primary customisation option. For those with a bit more lead time, a wider array of customisation possibilities is at your disposal. You can include digital prints on umbrellas both the inner and outer canopies, seamlessly matched at the seams. Furthermore, you can enhance Walking umbrellas with engraved handle rings or Golf umbrellas with branded logo disks. Additional options include umbrellas with metallic ink, branded woven labels, and personalised poppers on the tie wrap.

We specialise in branded promotional merchandise, such as branded clothing, custom-made bags, and other branded items, all sourced responsibly and devoid of single-use plastics. If you’re interested in learning more about how we can assist your business with sustainable branded merchandise, please visit our website at Wurlin or contact us at +44 (0)1225 667979.

We collaborate with clients worldwide and offer international shipping services to meet your needs. See more Design Ideas For Umbrellas in our blog.

This example of Folding Umbrella was specially crafted for a prominent management consultant located in Frome. This elegant umbrella features a double canopy, with both the inner and outer canopies meticulously Pantone-matched to the client’s brand guidelines, and their distinctive logo elegantly showcased on four panels. To ensure safekeeping, this project included a matching zipped sleeve for the umbrella, allowing you to stow it away securely.

Our umbrella range comprises three core models: Golf umbrellas, Walking umbrellas, and Folding umbrellas, with various options tailored to your budget and time constraints. If you require a quick turnaround, we offer UK-manufactured umbrellas, ready within 2-3 weeks, featuring logo printing on umbrellas as the primary customisation option. For those with a bit more lead time, a wider array of customisation possibilities is at your disposal. You can include digital prints on umbrellas both the inner and outer canopies, seamlessly matched at the seams. Furthermore, you can enhance Walking umbrellas with engraved handle rings or Golf umbrellas with branded logo disks. Additional options include umbrellas with metallic ink, branded woven labels, and personalised poppers on the tie wrap.

We specialise in branded promotional merchandise, such as branded clothing, custom-made bags, and other branded items, all sourced responsibly and devoid of single-use plastics. If you’re interested in learning more about how we can assist your business with sustainable branded merchandise, please visit our website at Wurlin or contact us at +44 (0)1225 667979.

We collaborate with clients worldwide and offer international shipping services to meet your needs. Find out how you might benefit from Company Umbrellas by reading our blog.

This funky and stylish printed umbrella embodies the client’s branding guidelines. This eye-catching umbrella has been meticulously screen-printed and Pantone-matched to ensure its design aligns seamlessly with the client’s brand. Boasting a sleek aesthetic, it features a black silicon handle and a matching black shaft, adding a touch of sophistication to its overall appearance. Rainy days will never be the same with this fashionable and practical umbrella in hand.

Find out more about the cost of CPM of advertising for branded umbrellas and how they can help your brand and read our blog.

This is a great example of our premium Golf Umbrellas, a meticulously crafted, custom-printed umbrella for a brilliant client of ours, a Private School in England. These exquisite umbrellas were intended for distribution among parents, guardians, and dedicated educators.

Our Golf Umbrellas boast an array of impressive features, making it a testament to both style and functionality. This umbrella, in particular, showcases a captivating all-over digital print, an abstract design that has been painstakingly Pantone-matched to seamlessly align with the school’s stringent colour palette. A two-colour logo, meticulously rendered, proudly graces four prominent panels, ensuring brand prominence and recognition.

To enhance your comfort and ease of use, this umbrella is thoughtfully equipped with a soft foam grip handle in sleek black. As a symbol of quality and sophistication, this premium Golf Umbrella reflects our commitment to excellence while meeting the discerning standards of our prestigious clientele.

We manufacture custom printed umbrellas to enhance your brand through quality merchandise. Find out how branded umbrellas can add credibility to your brand and read how we do that in our blog.

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This umbrella is particularly spectacular, with original illustration details, silicone crooked handle and bright orange Pantone matched outer canopy. Read the full story about this umbrella here.

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Wonderbly are a technology and publishing business who create personalised books for both children and adults, they wanted to create some umbrellas that had a fun element to them while also incorporating their brand logos and tying to their branding guidelines.

The client chose a City Walker Pro model of umbrella, perfect for busy city living. The outside of the digital printed umbrella consists of Pantone matched navy to match their guidelines and website, with Pantone matched one colour logo screen printed upon two panels and printed tie wrap.

This Automatic Golf Umbrella had a contrasting digital print on the internal canopy of the umbrella, which has been seam matched across each umbrella panel. This is a double canopy umbrella that the client chose to have a simple block colour on the external canopy, with a bold graphic on the internal canopy. The idea behind this style, was to make sure that the internal canopy print was more impactful once the umbrella had been opened. This umbrella shows the affect that a simple external canopy and a printed internal canopy can have. This client also wanted more customisable branding so opted to add their logo onto the outer canopy panels, but also added a customised, contrasting tie wrap with their company slogan printed on to it.

This premium storm-proof model is durable as well as practical, boasting top quality fittings and large branding potential. Available with internal and external canopy print, logo print, seam matched design, engraved handle rings and more this model is not only elegant, but also a great umbrella for customisation to fit into your company branding.

Our range of umbrellas include three core models: golf umbrellas, walking umbrellas and folding umbrellas. Each model includes variants to suit your budget or lead time. It maybe you need an umbrella quickly and therefore we’ll offer you a UK manufactured umbrella which we can turn around within 2-3 weeks. Customisation options are limited to a logo print on a UK manufactured umbrella, but if you have a slightly longer lead time then we can print inside and outside of the umbrella. You can add a branded woven label to your customised umbrella or you can engrave a neck ring to a walking umbrella or a branded logo disk to a golf umbrella handle.

Made to order umbrellas are customised in multiple ways. From printing inside and outside of the umbrella panels and matching the seams during construction for continuous prints, to the branded tie wrap which can be embroidered or printed. The umbrella carry sleeve can be personalised with print or with a strap.

Find out how we make our umbrellas and what each of the parts of an umbrella are called with this useful article. Find out how branded umbrellas can enhance your brand. Another example of seam-matched artwork on an umbrella is this one that we made for Microsoft. All over prints are popular because we do them do well to show one piece of artwork across 8 different panels of the umbrella.

We are specialists in branded promotional merchandise. Printed umbrellas, custom-made bags and other branded merchandise that is sensibly sourced and never single-use plastic. If you would like to find out more about how we can help your business with sustainable branded merchandise, then find out more from us by visiting Wurlin or call us +44 (0)1225 667979. We work with global clients and ship internationally. Find out more about how umbrellas can add to the credibility of your brand by visiting our blog.