Seed pod and Scribble grass, new designs from 2017.
The seed pod design is inspired from a magnificent Kowhai tree at the front of our house. These pods get scattered and blown all over our property. I love discovering tiny little mini kowhai shrubs that pop up out of nowhere. The Tui's love this tree so much in Spring. More about that in Spring! I have many drawings of these pods, but wanted to create very simple, playful design, so in the end it was all about the curves!
The seed pod design is inspired from a magnificent Kowhai tree at the front of our house. These pods get scattered and blown all over our property. I love discovering tiny little mini kowhai shrubs that pop up out of nowhere. The Tui's love this tree so much in Spring. More about that in Spring! I have many drawings of these pods, but wanted to create very simple, playful design, so in the end it was all about the curves!
The scribble grass design was inspired by a few pics snapped during a visit to Piha. I love this beach so much, it's half hour drive from where I live, along the very picturesque Scenic Drive. A wild west coast beach and a fabulous place to blow the cobwebs out. This grass twists and curls up out the black sand dunes. I love this green colour too in contrast to the dark sand. It is a breathtaking beach and last time I was there with my family, we rented a little cottage. I think I'm going to have devote some more design time there this year!
There is always a story to a textile design. A starting point. I'm trying to get better at documenting my processes as they all connect and intercept. I'm inspired mostly by the stuff that surrounds me.
The fabulous Patternity folks put this well in their manifesto:
"Pattern is everywhere we go and it's in everything we do
It’s there when we look up, down and all around, outside ourselves and deep within
Pattern speaks a powerful universal language that connects us all
We’re living in an age of overload and complexity
The systems we are a part of are failing
We’ve become so focused on the ‘I’ not the ‘we’
We have lost our sense of connection to our environment, each other and to ourselves
It’s time to wake up and reconnect the dots"
https://patternity.org
"Pattern is everywhere we go and it's in everything we do
It’s there when we look up, down and all around, outside ourselves and deep within
Pattern speaks a powerful universal language that connects us all
We’re living in an age of overload and complexity
The systems we are a part of are failing
We’ve become so focused on the ‘I’ not the ‘we’
We have lost our sense of connection to our environment, each other and to ourselves
It’s time to wake up and reconnect the dots"
https://patternity.org
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