Fabric Color Chart.

 I have a lot of fabric pieces, and decided to organize them into a handy color chart. It's sew exciting.

  

One of my favorite patterns.

Bonus Box of Thread. It's like a Pantone Chart!

Songs:
You're So Square (Baby, I Don't Care) - Buddy Holly


Squareneck - Thao & Mirah

Stamps of Approval.

I love working with pattern, and have a fascination with wallpapers, book end papers, and repeating imagery. Lino cutting is a great way to create detailed designs to print over & over. I recently asked my friends for a list of things to draw/carve/stamp/print. Here are all of the prints from the project so far.

 

Song:

Starship Edelweiss - Edelweiss

An Ode to Wood Grain

My favorite pattern is wood grain. It's a really relaxing, organic pattern to work with, & I often end up sketching it. Here's a collection of some of my past wood-patterned pieces, & my fascination with dendrochronology.

Door, 2007. Wood, Wire, Bulbs, Paper, Pen & Ink.

Door (Detail), 2007. Wood, Wire, Bulbs, Paper, Pen & Ink.

Scarf, 2008. Dye on Silk.

Stump, 2009. Fabric, EL Wire, Metal.

Piano Hands, 2004. Colored Pencil.

Bricks (Detail), 2007. Paper.

Sketches, 2010. Pen & Ink.

You can also purchase a print of this on my Etsy!

Sketchbook Notes, 2008. Pen & Ink.

The Honeoye Canoe, 2008. Digital Photo.

Songs (YouTube):

Woodgrain - Modest Mouse

Woodgrain - Wilco

Woods- Bon Iver

Ragged Wood - Fleet Foxes

Paisley Punctuation Pattern

This week's Illustration Friday topic was "Paisley." I can never pass up the opportunity to pour over patterns, whether in book form, web form, or book-on-web (via drawn) form. And I like ampersands. Hence, the Paisley Punctuation Pattern. In (Peacock Blue) Pen.

You can also purchase a print of this on my Etsy!

Movement V: Self-Organizing Emergent Patterns - Sufjan Stevens (Last.fm)

I Know the Pattern - The Thermals (YouTube)

Triphallus, To Punctuate! - of Montreal (iLike)

I Hear the Bells - Mike Doughty (iLike)