pattern recognition

Monday, June 30, 2025

I could not contain my excitement when I got my acceptance email from the Sanchez Art Center:

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I finally picked up the panels and now I am officially starting.
(I was supposed to start on 6/23 but didn't get the panels until 6/25)

bag of 50 panels in a motel room in Freemont

I attempted starting the mounting process with a few already stitched pieces that I packed for the trip that Severo and I took last week.

The Fluevog Givens embroidery was the first.

Doesn't it look cool paired with the motel artwork of Lombard Street
(the famous crooked street in San Francisco)?

Alas, blue tape and fabric are not friends.

Going to try gaff tape next.

Those pieces behind me in the Instagram Reel?
I "cheated" and started the revisions in February and new pieces back in March!

A recent Substack post by Lisa in Colour got me remembering my job at the "panty factory" (surface designer for an underwear and loungewear company).

six packs of prints and solids were typical
this combo sold at Costco US and Canada in 2008

Presentations for buyers looked like this:

sometime in the approval process, the Colorado Clay turned into Green
and the packing order got flipped

As you can see, the prints and solids were given names, to aid communication

I worked in Illustrator, and had a massive swatch panel:

And almost every color had a name!

They needed to be "enticing" names, to not repel the buyers!

If it was a Pantone standard, I would use Pantone's name.

The others? I would scour color charts on Google Images. Or think of flowers. Or maritime things. Or...

If you need a color name for a project, feel free to use one of mine!

The 2025 A-Z Fluevog footwear collection

The A to Z Challenge is held every April. The challenge is to blog through the alphabet every Monday through Saturday. The “A” theme is blogged on April 1st, “B” April 2nd, etc.
More about the challenge can be found on the official Blogging from A to Z Challenge Blog.
Here's the link to the Master List, with all the official participants (link)