Today’s work focused on two parallel pattern tracks: finalizing a full plaid collection for Spoonflower, and developing a new wildflower collage pattern for the current Spoonflower challenge. Both projects centered on structure, repeat logic, and surface behavior rather than motif…
Date: (today) Morning Field Walk This morning’s walk at Graham Creek resulted in several observations and collected materials used directly for pattern development. Source Material Collection The collected branches were photographed individually on a white background to allow for clean isolation and later…
Over the last few days, I’ve been exploring how traditional weave structures can be used as internal logic inside a plaid framework. I began with a simple diagonal twill, moved into herringbone, and then into a Prince of Wales structure,…
Pattern Study from Graham Creek This pattern comes from a winter walk at Graham Creek, when the landscape had shifted into its quieter state. I went there after finding the Picture Plant Trail on AllTrails—mostly because the name sounded intriguing.…
This pattern sits within an ongoing project to develop a body of repeat designs grounded in daily observation and practical constraint. Not every day produces a finished design, but each contributes decisions, tests, and corrections that shape the final work. Oak…
Yesterday was a groundwork day in my 100-pattern project—one focused on observation, translation, and decision-making rather than producing a finished pattern. The Walk and the Artifact I returned to Graham Creek Nature Preserve and walked along the trail near the…
This second pattern started the same way the others did: on a morning walk. It was gray, and it had rained overnight. We walked at Graham Creek again, mostly on the sandy paths. Before we arrived, I already knew I…
The first pattern began, not at my desk, but on a quiet morning walk. I’ve been struggling to start this project—overwhelmed by the scale of making one hundred patterns and unsure how to ground the work in something real. On…
