The latest book based on the popular Print & Pattern website, Print & Pattern: Geometric celebrates beautiful surface designs, patterns, and motifs made from geometric shapes such as circles, triangles, hexagons, etc. The patterns included reflect current trends for tribal, Aztec, and Native American designs, along with Scandinavian influences and more mathematical and scientific looks. Product areas covered include stationery, cards and giftwrap, fabrics, wallpaper, rugs, ceramics, homewares, gadget skins, and more. Documenting the work of the best designers in the field, the book is an invaluable source of reference and inspiration for surface designers, designer-makers and craftspeople, graphic designers, illustrators, and textile designers.
The latest book based on the popular Print & Pattern blog, Print & Pattern: Nature celebrates beautiful surface designs, patterns, and motifs of leaves, insects, grasses, butterflies, and trees. Product areas covered include stationery, cards and giftwrap, fabrics, wallpaper, rugs, ceramics, homewares, gadget skins, and more. Documenting the work of the best designers in the field, the book is an invaluable source of reference and inspiration for surface designers, designer-makers and craftspeople, graphic designers, illustrators, and textile designers.
Have fun, release stress and express your creativity at the same time with this unique easy patterns colouring book! Easy Geometric Patterns Colouring Book features 50 original repeating pattern colouring pages with large spaces. This book is for everyone who loves to colour fun patterns, including beginners, kids, teens, and adults who enjoy drawings that aren't too detailed. If you're an experienced colourist, you can apply your skills and stretch your creative imagination by using the larger spaces for blending, shading and patterning. Whatever your level, you can create a beautiful and unique work of art from each pattern. What Will You Get? 50 stress relieving pattern colouring pages Easy difficulty level Single-sided printing High resolution images with sharp lines All high quality, original artwork by artist L.J. Knight Page size is 8.5 x 11 inches (approx. 22 x 28cm) You can preview all 50 designs in this book on the author's website - for the URL, see the 'More about the author' section further down the page. The pages aren't perforated, but you can easily remove them using a craft knife. The drawings are printed on one side of the paper only, so bleed-through isn't an issue if you're using markers or gel pens. You can also protect the image underneath with a sheet of scrap paper. Easy Geometric Patterns (Volume 1) is the 18th title in the LJK Colouring Books series. It has the same tiled pattern designs as the original Geometric patterns Colouring Book by L.J. Knight, but printed larger for easy colouring. Check out the whole series for a range of unique colouring pages for adults and children, with new books on the way. Do you have friends or family who love to colour? These books make great gift ideas for women, men, girls, boys, seniors, teens, tweens and kids! A colouring book is a perfect present for Christmas, holidays, birthdays, Valentine's Day, anniversaries, Easter, and other special occasions. Get ready for hours of screen-free relaxation and enjoyment as you bring these patterns to life. Have fun and happy colouring!
Patterns from churches and cathedrals that are explored and demonstrated so that they can be used in your own designs. Perfect follow up activities for school and other youth trips to these magnificent places. Robert Field has travelled extensively and has taken his camera and a keen eye with him wherever he has gone. Many people will be both suprised and delighted by the sheer number and variety of interesting patterns that he has discovered. This is one of a series of Geometric Patterns books that will appeal both to those who have a particular interest in the topic covered but also to those who are looking for a rich resource of pattern designs.
Featuring new patterns with detailed explanatory texts, this revised edition is an inspirational guide for craftspeople and artists alike. The marvels of Islamic patterns—the most recognizable visual expression of Islamic art and architecture—are not just a beautiful accident. The ancient practitioners of this craft used traditional methods of measurement to create dazzling geometric compositions, often based on the repetition of a single pattern. The results are magnificent in their beauty and awe-inspiring in their execution. Now, with the aid of this book, everyone can learn how to master this ancient art and create their own intricate patterns or re-create classic examples. All that is needed is a pencil, a ruler, a compass, and a steady hand. Technical tips demonstrate the geometric basics such as how to create designs from one of the foundational “family” shapes: a square, hexagon, or pentagon. This is followed by step-by-step instructions for reproducing some of the best examples of geometric patterns. Islamic Geometric Patterns contains twenty-three geometric patterns and brief histories of some of the most famous and beautiful Islamic art and architecture from around the world. This revised edition features seven new patterns from locations including: Ak Medrese in Nigde, Turkey; Chellah necropolis in Rabat, Morocco; Shah Jahan Mosque in Thatta, Pakistan; the Tomb of I’timad-ud-Daulah in Agra, India; the Alcazar in Seville, Spain; Zaouia Moulay Idriss II in Fes, Morocco; and Darwish Pasha Mosque in Damascus, Syria.
Have fun, release stress and express your creativity with this unique easy patterns colouring book! Easy Geometric Patterns Colouring Book (Volume 2) features 50 original repeating pattern colouring pages with large spaces. This book is for everyone who loves to colour fun abstract patterns, including beginners, kids, teens, and adults who enjoy drawings that aren't too detailed. If you're an experienced colourist, you can apply your skills and stretch your creative imagination by using the larger spaces for blending, shading and patterning. Whatever your level, you can create a beautiful and unique work of art from each pattern. What Will You Get? 50 stress relieving pattern colouring pages Easy difficulty level Single-sided printing High resolution images with sharp lines High quality, original hand-designed patterns by artist L.J. Knight Page size is 8.5 x 11 inches (approx. 22 x 28cm) You can preview all 50 designs in this book on the author's website - for the URL, see the 'More about the author' section further down the page. The pages aren't perforated, but you can easily remove them using a craft knife. The drawings are printed on one side of the paper only, so bleed-through isn't an issue if you're using markers or gel pens. You can also protect the image underneath with a sheet of scrap paper. Easy Geometric Patterns (Volume 2) is the 19th title in the LJK Colouring Books series. Check out the whole series for a range of unique colouring pages for adults and children, with new books on the way. Do you have friends or family who love to colour? These books make great gift ideas for women, men, girls, boys, seniors, teens, tweens and kids! A colouring book is a perfect present for Christmas, holidays, birthdays, Valentine's Day, anniversaries, Easter, and other special occasions. Get ready for hours of screen-free relaxation and enjoyment as you bring these patterns to life. Have fun and happy colouring!
Repeating patterns can soothe or energize us, bringing joy and harmony to everyday life. Repeat Printed Pattern for Interiors explores the power repeat patterns hold over us and what goes into creating original, effective printed designs. Beginning with the history of patterns in interior design, Kate Farley uncovers lessons from the work of Owen Jones, William Morris, Collier Campbell and Josef Frank. There are also interviews with some of the best contemporary pattern designers working today: Angie Lewin, Deborah Bowness, Eley Kishimoto, Emma J. Shipley, Galbraith & Paul, Neisha Crosland, Orla Kiely OBE, Sarah Campbell and Timorous Beasties. Each interview covers the designer's practice and ethos and includes a deconstruction of one design, with discussion of initial sketches, details of design development, manufacturing insights and images of final products. Covering hand-drawn techniques through to digital manipulation, you'll also be guided through the implications of visual language, colour statements, manufacturing considerations and commercial interior contexts to prepare you to jump in and start creating your own unique patterns.
Embodying an intricate blend of pattern and color, texture and composition, the Japanese kimono is a stunning garment with origins dating back to the Nara period (645?794). Its history is rich in tradition, culture, and art. Drawing her inspiration from the 18th- and 19th-century Japanese woodblock prints by such masters as Utamaro and Hiroshige, designer and fashion historian Ming-ju Sun has created this exotic collection of 26 exquisite costumes with two charming Japanese dolls to model them. The kimonos display a broad range of lovely fabrics ? from simple, practical cottons to luxurious silks and satins ? and a variety of traditional decorative elements ? geometrics, florals, stripes, checks, plaids, animals, landscapes, Japanese characters, and circular crests. All are sensitively illustrated with clean line and lush color in the style of Japanese woodcuts. This entertaining and educational paper doll collection will be a favorite with children and collectors. As a full-color survey of the Japanese kimono as an art form, the volume will be valued by costume designers, students of the history of fashion, and the many people fascinated by Japanese art and culture.
The Fundamentals of Printed Textile Design explores contemporary practice in printed textile design. It outlines the process of creating designs, looking at the vital role played by drawing, colour, style and content. It also analyses how to contextualise and communicate effectively in order to build a professional portfolio, whether through traditional design staples or via a more original approach. It examines the positions occupied by designers in the industry, and the technical and ethical considerations of which they must be aware. In order to design effectively, print and pattern practitioners need to understand not only how the industry works but must also consider the cultural and economic factors that can shape what future clients or consumers will require. This book suggests strategies for developing an understanding of these contexts within and beyond the fashion and textiles industry to provide an innovative resource for the designers of today and tomorrow.
