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The Colors of Snow

28 Saturday Mar 2020

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Art, color, design, design challenge, pattern, silk, snow, snow dye, tie dye

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For textile artists living in areas with snow, winter provides a novel vehicle for putting color on fabric. The top image shows the original piece of heavy silk organza, a/k/a gazaar, that was prepped, manipulated, and piled high with various colors of dye mixed into snow. As the snow melts, the dyes, often composed of many otherwise hidden colors, begin to “strike” the fibers at various rates. This reveals unexpected intensities and blending within the fractured patterns that emerge from the unbound cloth.

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A new Tie-Dye themed Design Challenge at Spoonflower.com was the perfect motivation for digitizing this snow dyed silk and creating the pattern above. Click here to vote for your favorite design through March 31, 2020.

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Blue Skies

01 Saturday Feb 2020

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Art, blue jay, classic blue, color of the year 2020, design, design challenge, spoonflower, steller's jay, textile design

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This new Steller’s + Blue Jays design was created for the Spoonflower Limited Palette challenge. Just four predetermined colors, inspired by Pantone’s Classic Blue color of the year – 2020, are allowed to create any pattern for this challenge. You can vote for your favorites at Classic Blue Challenge.

Free Shipping on Custom Fabric Designs

24 Monday Jun 2019

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American made, Art, artist designed, Chinese Opera masks, custom fabrics, custom giftwrap, custom wallpaper, eco-friendly, environmentally friendly, organic fabrics, Peking Opera masks

June 24-28, get free shipping on custom fabrics, wallpaper, and gift wrap from Spoonflower.com.  Spoonflower’s printing process is environmentally friendly, using a fraction of the water used in traditional textile printing, reducing the carbon footprint, and offering great fabrics including organic and sustainably produced options. All this and produced in the USA! SF-FreeShipping-OperaMsks

Free Shipping on Custom Fabrics from DancingBird Studio

23 Sunday Jun 2019

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artist design fabric, custom gictwrap, custom printed fabric, custom wallpaper, dancingbird studio, environmentally friendly, origami cranes, spoonflower.com, washi paper cranes

FREE Shipping on all orders worldwide – June 24-28! Spoonflower uses an environmentally friendly process to print artist designed fabrics, wallpaper, and gift wrap. Colors are vibrant and permanent. Learn more about this North Carolina company’s commitment to reducing the carbon footprint and environmental impact compared to traditional methods of textile printing.
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Lucky Baby

15 Saturday Sep 2018

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baby carrier, custom fabrics, Japan, origami cranes, spoonflower.com, washi

I’ve been designing patterns for awhile now and uploading them to a site called Spoonflower. Customers can choose from a variety of different fabrics, wall paper, or gift wrap printed with designs created by artists from around the world. Artists get a small commission from each purchase, but often don’t know the destiny of their half of the creative process. It’s an oddly impersonal collaboration, but when discovered, can still be satisfying. This Washi Origami Cranes pattern is one of my favorites. The development of each crane was complex and time consuming, and it’s very fun to see the finished product being offered as part of this baby carrier produced by a company in Greece: https://www.babywearing.gr/en/product/asteraki-mei-tai-4507/

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George’s Cranes

15 Sunday Apr 2018

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Sandhill Crane eggs, Sandhill Crane nest, Wisconsin wetlands

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Our friend George has had Sandhill Cranes nesting on his property for years. The recent expansion of a US Highway …

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Banyan Tree Spirit

05 Monday Sep 2016

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Banyan Tree, Buddha, Phimai Wat, Thailand

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Ganesh

25 Thursday Aug 2016

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Ganesh, ganesha, Thailand

Northern Thailand is predominantly Buddhist and opportunities to worship and leave offerings for the deities are everywhere. Even the birds participated.

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Phra Pathom Chedi

20 Saturday Aug 2016

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Chinese figures, Nakhon Pathom, Phra Pathom Chedi, stupa, Thailand

Phra Pathom Chedi, or “the first Stupa” is located about 50km outside of Bangkok in Nakhon Pathom. It is the tallest Stupa in the world, dating back to the 4th century. Learn the colorful history of this Buddhist site here.

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These charismatic statues are among several that encircle the Stupa at its base.

 

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Modern Monk

15 Monday Aug 2016

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Buddhism, Monk, Thailand

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