Design Process: Glory Lily and Rabbits
These are the design process of two pattern designs which I entered in Spoonflower's Design Challenge. Though it's embarrassing to admit, I made it just in time as alway…
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…
nunocoto fabric
My stripe design is now on sale on an online fabric store "nunocoto fabric". nunocoto fabric is a print-on-demand fabric site. It's similar to Spoonflower but it se…
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…
Holbein Watercolour Palette and Match Watercolours
この記事を日本語で読む Recently I bought a new watercolour palette. I've been using the black Holbein colour palette for quite a while but found this new blue one so decided to try it. …
Floral Painting Experiments with Copic and Watercolour
Another series of experiments for pattern design. I've been trying to design a floral pattern for some time now, but I'm still not sure where to start...! This is not fl…
Watercolour Experiments with Flowers and Pebbles
I've been doing some experiments to try different pattern design styles. It is quite frustrating but I hope it's worth the effort...! To start with, I set up a bunch of …
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…
Zelkova Pattern Redesign
Recently I have redesigned my Zelkova pattern. New Zelkova design Old Zelkova design I reduced the colour number and the space between each leaf. I don't know if it's wo…
Epson Design Paper
If you are using an Epson printer, you can now print two of my pattern designs for free! Two of my pattern designs you can print from your Epson printer https://support.epson.net/…
Surface Pattern for Book Cover Design
I was commissioned to create a surface pattern design for a book cover.
Block Printing Illustration
I made a block printing sample. The image is taken from an old picture I took. The size of the wood block was too small (postcard size) so I couldn't carve the details...!
Cats Drawing
I tried to draw a lots of cats with only my memories. It's an experimental drawing, trying different styles, medium and surfaces, etc. It was fun but frustrating at the same …
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…