2000 Pattern Combinations: step-by-step guide to creating pattern - Softcover

Callender, Jane

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9781849940078: 2000 Pattern Combinations: step-by-step guide to creating pattern

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ISBN 10: 184994007X ISBN 13: 9781849940078

Publisher: Batsford, 2011

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This is a much-needed book on simple and more advanced ways of creating pattern with a source of 2000 colourful combinations that you can use for further creative work. The simplest pattern is a repeat of a motif. You can make that more interesting by creating a brickwork grid when repeating motifs. Make it different again by rotating the image, or by mirroring it. Taking the reader through various pattern developments thoroughly, it shows how one motif can lead to inexhaustible pattern interpretations. All these techniques are explained and illustrated, making the book an ideal way of learning about pattern design basics as well as finding an inspirational pattern. The author gives a range of different designs, from simple florals, motifs taken from historical treasures, tiling designs, abstracts - from a blob of colour to geometrics, pictorial motifs (from animals to buildings), and creates thousands of different patterns. This is a visually rich book that has application for any kind of designer, whether working on fabric, the web or the world of graphics.

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Pattern design is booming in the craft, textile, fashion and graphic design worlds. This is a much-needed book on simple and more advanced ways of creating pattern with a source of 2000 colourful combinations that you can use for further creative work. The simplest pattern is a repeat of a motif. You can make that more interesting by creating a brickwork grid when repeating motifs. Make it different again by rotating the image, or by mirroring it. Taking the reader through various pattern developments thoroughly, it shows how one motif can lead to inexhaustible pattern interpretations. All these techniques are explained and illustrated, making the book an ideal way of learning about pattern design basics as well as finding an inspirational pattern. This is a visually rich book that has application for any kind of designer, whether working on fabric, the web or the world of graphics.

About the Author:

Jane Callender is a textile artist who specializes in shibori. Through her Shibori work she has developed a passion for pattern making. She has studied at a range of colleges, including the Natalie Bray School of Haute Couture. She now lectures and teaches all over the world.

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