skills

So I've been slowly working on a new project. Before I can print it, I have to polish my screen emulsion and exposure skills.

This is what happens when your emulsion is too thick. It "blows out" the stencil. Hopefully the third time will be a charm.

Slices of Sunshine

I've updated my Flickr album with some new stuff.


What do you think?

recent favorites

I thought I would share some recent finds on Etsy I'm coveting.

Printable DIY Gable Box from Finch & Hawk

Burnt Mango Orange Stacked Deco Silk Screened Slip Cover from erin flett

Tealeaves 6-color screenprint from jackiepeppermint

Bouquet wall clock from decoylab

screenprinted folk bird tree tote from dutchdoor

Poison Arrow greeting card in the New Wave Victorian line from thespottedsparrow

All images are from their owners' Etsy stores.

vote for me!

As previously mentioned, I entered a design in the Spoonflower contest.

Will you vote for me? Be sure to click "submit" at the bottom!

Thanks!

calendar contest.

I've entered a contest! It's a Spoonflower themed contest. This makes me super nervous because, you see, I've never done this before. I'm not sure when voting will be. I've submitted a calendar design I just happened to have done this week.

My plan is to actually screenprint the calendar, but I thought it would be fun to submit it for voting.

You can find my design here.

well hello there!

I've been missing for a bit, haven't I?

Here's a little peek into something I've been working on.
More soon ... I promise.

Autmn Leaves

My forest has entered autumn. Now with the spring leaves and autumn leaves, I need to work on sizing. Currently this would come in at 48" wide. I'm certain they don't need to be any larger. Should they be smaller? Let me know what you think.

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A Real Forest

I've worked on the trees. That star pattern previously posted just wasn't doing anything for me. Here's a new one. I am happy with this pattern. I need to try a few different sizes to see which works best. I've chosen fairly natural colors ... brown for the trunk, green for the leaves. Maybe I should try autumn colors? Have two different color-ways. Let me know what you think, I'd love to hear from you.

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Patterns

I've now made the leaves white on a green background with a teal outline. This could be nice in many different colors with the white leaves. I still don't quite have how the pattern would repeat, but I'm sure I'll figure it out.

What do you think?


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The Leaves are Becoming

I'm excited about these leaves.

Here is the next iteration of my leaf pattern. I chose a lime-green color to start but imagine it could be done in a variety of colors. One step at a time, though, right? If you click on the image you can see a larger version.

Tell me what you think. Would you make a sofa pillow with this? Any advice on making this a successful repeat pattern for screen printing?


Another pattern is already in the works. But more on that later.

Surface Design, step 2

This post is a continuation from my exploration blog, Dreamy Abstraction. Since this relates to surface and pattern design, I decided to post "part 2" here.

Here are two versions using two leaf sketches. They are essentially mirror images of each other, but are separate drawings. I scanned, clipped, and placed them in two different repeat patterns. These are rough sketches.

I feel like I need something unpredictable in the pattern. What do you think? Should I vary the mirrored images more? Does it need something else. I think so, but I'm not sure what.

v.1

v.2

Please send me your suggestions in the comments.