Pattern Play: A Simple Block Printed Pattern

この記事を日本語で読む It was nice to be able to squeeze this pattern play on a busy day. Starting with a doodle, I just carved a block of rubber into this simple shape and repeated stamping…

Design Process: Magnolia

この記事を日本語で読む This is a design process for my Magnolia pattern. Rough skethes at a very early stage. I was exploring the layout idea with wallpaper design in mind. Trying to figure …

EPSON 2022 Autumn/Winter Design Papers

この記事を日本語で読む Last year, I provided Epson with a few pattern designs for their 2022 Autumn/Winter design paper collection. The theme is Biodiversity Conservation as Epson "is w…

Design Process: Fan Tree Woodland Collection

この記事を日本語で読む It's been a while since I created a new surface pattern design. I had no confidence in designing in collections, so I always made excuses and procrastinated desig…

Rubber Stamps and Floral Design

I've designed two floral patterns using the rubber stamping technique. It was just another experiment, but I made some little envelopes with those designs, and it was fun. Co…

Embroidered Covered Buttons

It's been a while since I started embroidery and here are some pictures of work in progress and finished work. Cross stitching is fun and making patterns with the technique h…

Block Printing and New Pattern Design

I've been designing new patterns for my shop on Spoonflower and I'm trying a new approach to create patterns - it's making rubber stamps. It's a very analogue …

Pattern Design File: MARI

Indigo x Ocean Blue Orange x Custard This MARI design was inspired by a shell but it also looks like a traditional Japanese ball TE-MARI so I named the pattern after it. Type: Sur…

Sample Weave: Plain Weave Checks

Here's my sample weaving project with rigid heddle loom. I tried to do things systematically and first thing I did was selecting yarns and made several yarn wrappings to find…

New iPhone 5 Cases

Photos by LAB. C for +D Project New cases for iPhone 5 are now on sale and they are available from selected retailers.

DOTS RIVER

This is a new pattern design named “DOTS RIVER” which is consisted of many hand-drawn dots.