A Little More of the Same

A traditional floral fabric.



Gouache hand-rendering of traditional floral fabric, plus hand-rendered colorway.


CAD: Texcelle rendering of traditional floral plus stripe and coordinate.

bikes

This pattern is hand screen-printed, using the photo emulsion method, and an attempt at repeat pattern registration. The fabric is hand-dyed cotton. The pattern is inspired in memory of Sharon Hiett, as well as are the quilted pieces below, but it sounds silly to me to say anything expanding on this.

The bikes to the left are free motion embroidered in gold thread on muslin. They are quilted and bound using a traditional quilt binding method.

The evolution of the artichoke flower

This motif came from cutting an artichoke, and stamping with it, using black acrylic paint. The motif was developed through drawing.









I then used the motif as an element in the above patterns and colorways. These repeat patterns were designed using CAD for textile design (Texcelle). They are a mild southern gothic tale for cloth, and I had the opportunity to tell the story in its proper medium (as seen below).




The shirt is a readymade. I distressed the fabric with bleach, and mixed the pigment of the print to match the lighter parts of the shirt, while reverse appliqueing a crochet rose window on the front, and secure holes on the back. I wanted to bring to life the concept in the CAD designs, and give this shirt the used and ethereal appeal that can be seen in the south's familiarity with, but often blind eye towards religion: a fable beautiful in tradition and intention.