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Block Printing and New Pattern Design

September 17, 2017 by Hitomi / 3 Comments

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...

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KATSURA Fabric

June 9, 2012 by Hitomi / 0 Comment

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Looking for Mr. Red

July 15, 2011 by Hitomi / 6 Comments

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 excus...

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Don’t Miss The Idea

June 21, 2011 by Hitomi / 7 Comments

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...

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Do You Like Frogs?

November 28, 2010 by Hitomi / 6 Comments

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...

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One Of My Happiest Moment

August 12, 2010 by Hitomi / 2 Comments

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 :)

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Work In Progress

July 5, 2010 by Hitomi / 17 Comments

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.

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Beautiful and Quiet Assistant

June 11, 2010 by Hitomi / 0 Comment

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....

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My Studio Pics

April 28, 2010 by Hitomi / 13 Comments

As I did some photo shooting the other day, I’ll share some of them here.

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Trial and Error

November 22, 2009 by Hitomi / 6 Comments

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 refle...

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The Process

November 4, 2009 by Hitomi / 4 Comments

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...

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Tedious Part of My Job

October 20, 2009 by Hitomi / 6 Comments

I’m not really good at stretching screen on the frame… maybe it just needs years of practice for me… At least my dog takes away my stress :)

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