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 …
Behind The Scenes
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…
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…
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 …
Looking for Mr. Red
These pictures are from when I was looking for the right “Red” for one of my customers. But I have been so lazy recently, if I'm allowed to make any excuse, because it's…
Don’t Miss The Idea
These doodles will be my resource for pattern design. What I like about this unique notebook (from MUJI) is that it already has frames. So it makes the sketches look a little orga…
Do You Like Frogs?
New design "Frog" has been done and I'll make some cushion covers out of those fabrics tomorrow. Each frog was cut out by hand so they are all unique! I just hope t…
One Of My Happiest Moment
When I have a lot of remnants, I sort them out by colours and make some remnant packs for sale. I always enjoy thinking about combinations of colours :)
Work In Progress
These are some "making-of" at different stages of preparation for printing new tea towels. The last photo shows sketches for more of new designs.
Beautiful and Quiet Assistant
I have been working on small prints on fabric recently for hanging on the wall and I thought of putting some flower when I take photographs for listing an item. I am so lucky to h…
Trial and Error
I made a white background for photo shooting of some of my small products. It is made out of cardboard, white paper and parcel tape. The white wall should reflect the light around…
The Process
Exposing the screen. Watch out for the UV light. Not really good for your eyes. Developed screens for the two-colour pattern. Printing the first colour... a bit worried! After pri…