New Fabric & Behind the scenes

The Designer Project

I've been accepted to join the Designer Project at Digital Fabrics.

You can now purchase some of my patterns by the meter on fabulous fabric.

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 Behind the Scenes

I thought I'd share a little behind the scenes look at how my patterns start, what my inspiration is and how my sketches and paintings evolve into the patterns you see here at Digital Fabrics.

Almost all of my initial inspiration comes from food in some way or another whether it be raw ingredients, like how vanilla paste sparkles in the sun on a teaspoon (that may sound odd to you…lol ) or a messy table after a great meal shared with family and friends, with serviettes, plates stacked, etc.

Yes, these are the things that capture my attention! 

I find all aspects of food and cafes very emotional.  I often associate memories to food. I know when I bake bread, I think of my dad in the kitchen baking these enormous loaves for our family, my Grandma and I making little, sweet jam mushrooms with icing and pastry stalks and my mum and I destroying the kitchen through cake decorating, every bowl and appliance in the house was used.

"Our favourite recipes remind us of our loved ones, when we create them, in a way, it brings them back to us"

My paintings and then patterns are a way of capturing those images.

This photo above is where I paint my smaller artworks and where I work on my computer with photoshop and illustrator.

This is my initial process on how I create a pattern and it will usually start in the kitchen.

1. Photograph whilst making the recipe – usually cake!

2. Eat baked goodies and share with family 😊

3. Sketch out different elements within the baking process to see what looks good and to plan how the recipe will read and if its easy to follow.

4. Play around with painting different parts of the process.

5. This is the finished painting below.  I call it Recipe-art.

Once the painting is finished, I then use some or all of the elements within the painting to create patterns.  I start by scanning in my finished painting, basically pulling it apart on photoshop and then arranging them into repeat patterns, usually ending up with at least 50+ patterns from each recipe.

“High Tea” and it’s available to use now within Digital Fabrics.

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I would love to see what you make with my patterns and I hope this has inspired you to get busy creating!  Please tag both Digital Fabrics and myself on Instagram or Facebook.

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Happy Creating 😊, Jenni