Uraniae

Beautiful work by Hajnalka Illés from Budapest, Hungary for Uraniae - Observatory of Gellért Hill. Find more here.

L.O.T.S.

Line On The Side, is a creative collaboration of two designers and artists Kate Banazi and Joanna Fowles. More here. 

Laura Slater

Beautiful and bold silk prints on everyday objects by Laura Slater.

Karolin Schnoor

Beautiful work by Karolin Schnoor.

New idea

Repeat idea from cotton tie-dye. • I love how simple ideas can take you on a journey.

Kate Banazi

Amazing work by Kate Banazi.

Blackbird and the owl

Very cute hand made items from Blackbird and the owl on etsy.

Inspiring others

Remember this silk print I made back in April? I've found this post recently and I feel so blessed that I inspire other people to create. Kathy wrote "These proofs by Anat Rodan make me want to run to the nearest screen-printing studio and get my print on..." This is one of the main reasons I share my knitting designs and writing this blog. Creating is a big part of my life, not sure I can survive without it. It's truly creating anything, from cooking, drawing, knitting, jewelry making, sewing and so much more. It was always a big part of my existence and will always be. The second reason I do it is to share the goodness, I enjoy sharing it with you. An amazing thing about sharing is that you get to know people from all over the world and it's truly a precious gift. Thank you.

Patterns

Amazing work by Laura Slater.

Fab

Fab is an endless resource for getting inspired, colors, shapes, materials, and so much more. Enjoy.

Visiting

I'm going to visit my family next week and decided to take a few pouches I made. You can see the printed fabrics in the photo above.

9 Circles in CMYK

My latest silk print, 9 Circles in CMYK. 4 colors on Stonehenge paper.

Final

I have two silk printing classes left and I'm working on a design for the final piece. I'm thinking mixed media, stamping for the solid shapes and silk printing for the rest. The picture at the top shows four diff color options. It will be one continuance piece, but I didn't choose the colors yet. You can see the various colors on the black tabs on the right. Any thoughts?

Brush strokes

Flat bottom folded clutch. Clutch is 11” wide x 11.5” high with a 2.5” flat bottom. Fabric is 100% cotton in a soft, natural off-white. Hand printed with environmentally friendly ink in blue/gray with magnetic snap closure.

Circulars

My new circular designs. Slender pouch is 9.25” wide x 6” high. Fabric is 100% linen in a soft, natural off-white. Hand printed with environmentally friendly ink in cyan and magenta. Upcycled leather pull stitched by hand.

Marimekko

Marimekko opened a new store in LA. I went to see it today and got a small gift for a lucky recipient. Marimekko's work is pretty amazing and very inspiring. It's worth a visit. All the photos are from her magazine.

Be linen

My latest print on linen with Permaset magenta ink.

Nine circles

Maybe too ambitious, but I'm planning to print a CMYK design in my next silk printing class. The top image shows my design in all four colors together, the bottom is of every color used and the order of printing. I'll start with yellow, then blue, magenta and finish with black. I'll need to burn 4 diff screens, one for each color.

#5

Remember Lesson #4? This is the result, printing 2 colors on top of each other. Great effect, much easier in Illustrator, but so much fun hand printing it. I used fabric ink on paper with 225 mesh screen.

Stamped pouch

Stamped slender pouch on bleached fabric with this method. I used Permaset super cover white ink. Size is 9.25"w x 6"h, with a leather pull stitched by hand with waxed cotton thread.