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Thursday, November 14, 2013

Playing with Pattern

I have been working at the art museum this week and haven't been in the studio at all.  But last night I felt like doing a little something.  So, I took out the fabrics I had printed at the woodblock workshop.  Do you remember this?


I cut several of them into quarters and started playing with different arrangements.  There are so many variations you can do.  It is more like traditional quilting in that you have a consistent block but changing the arrangement creates different patterns.

Here are some options playing with nine squares.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Then look what happens when I add a few more squares.

6.

7.

8.

I could also off set them for more options.

9.

10.

Or add some solid squares (which I would put in the corners of this one).

11.

I have more photographs than this.  Now I don't know which one to choose.  Which is your favorite?

4 comments:

Linda M said...

I'm having trouble picking a favorite, I've narrowed it down to #1, 3, &5 - I think.

Anonymous said...

I like #3 & #7 (Mary)

Jane DeChambeau said...

This is hard - I keep going back to #1 and #2, leaning more towards #1

Sue Deady said...

I like 1 and 11, but that's because I like balance and order and maybe one of the other patterns would be more appealing to an artist's eye.