I used one as a brush to make textures
the setup
lots of texture experiments!
The instigation for this is my participation in the Textile Design Lab's Summer of Creativity.
Since I'm "working from home" three out of five days a week, I thought I'd take advantage of the Lab, which I've used sporadically over the years. The membership cost is not cheap ($490/year, $49/month-to-month) but a bargain if you compare it to the cost of the Otis Extension course I used to teach ($800/10 weeks).
The Summer of Creativity this year is themed on Self Care. Weekly, we get a creative exercise hosted by Rita Patel (the textures above are the result), then a design brief with inspiration pulled from WGSN.
This week's brief was to design patterns to be used on yoga mats and accessories.
Tips on how to create mandalas were part of this as well.
My agapanthus Mandala as a placement print
I used one of the textures for the ground
It went over really well in the weekly crit.😄
As a result, the collection has made it onto print on demand products!
Socity6 Yoga Mat (and other things)
Four designs on Spoonflower (can't order until my sample strikeoffs come in)
Redbubble things (green ground):
I got a lot of mileage out of this design!
Looking forward to this week's assignment. The theme will be Humor.
Linking up with
Michelle's Creative Compulsions Linky PartyShelbee's On the Edge of the Week
