Summertime Cool

I'm wrapping up my project for Jenna Frye's Skillshare class on pattern. Here is the pattern collection I've created in three colorways:

Static Letters: Vector Repeat

For today's pattern I vectorized and converted my typed letters into a repeating pattern:

Jacquard Monsters

I started thinking about Jacquard prints and ended up with these beasts.

Time warp: Static Letters

I bought this typewriter for $1.50 at the Salvation Army in Spokane Washington in the spring of 2004. I was in a bad mood after meeting a rather unpleasant guy, and decided to buy a few odds and ends for creative inspiration. The typewriter is in working condition, and I used it in several art projects. In addition to drawing it, I used it to create textures by typing.

"Autobiography" (2006): Photoplate Lithograph with Watercolor

A card from "Outcasts" (2006): Silkscreen on found library cards

Okay, many good memories with this typewriter. Tonight I repeated the process to create the letters texture. It took me about two hours of pounding on keys and feeding the paper through the typewriter at different angles five times. Odd numbers are intentional.

The end result is an even texture, where the letters jitter like static on a television. Of course, a lot goes through your head when you're doing a monotonous physical task. To me, this piece represents randomness, chattering, static, and background noise.

Here's a Vine of me typing:

Flames colorways

Here are some quick colorways I did for my flames pattern. The third one is my favorite.

365 Days of Patten Postcard Project: Ready to Mail

I've got lots of people signed up for my postcard project, and I'm preparing the postcards to be mailed. Some are going to friends in the US and others are going to faraway places like the UK, Thailand, and Brazil. I hope those of you who receive postcards will send me a photo when you receive the card. I am interested to see how the artworks change after a long journey through the mail.

$.33 sends a postcard within the US. $1.10 sends a postcard overseas.

They're all addressed, stamped, and ready to go!

Colorways

I've been learning a lot about color theory lately (especially thanks to Jenna Frye's fabulous and free Skillshare course), and I've applied this knowledge to my pattern designs. Here's a few colorways for patterns that I've created for this class.