Your vote at Spoonflower please :)

May I once again please ask for your vote in this week's Spoonflower challenge. The design brief was for a large scale Art Deco design and above is mine, "Art Deco Maximalist", featured on the Wyandotte Duvet Bedding at Roostery

I decided to go down the design road of geometric which was a strong direction in the Art Deco era and thoroughly enjoyed creating a grouping of 5 separate elements in watercolour on paper - my preferred medium - before developing them into a repeat pattern that I then overlaid on top of itself shifted to a degree whereby the pattern becomes more decorative and intricate.

Thanks so much in advance for your time taken to vote - you don't have to sign in and can vote for as many entries as you like.

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Thank you

PatriciaSheaDesigns

The latest challenge at Spoonflower....

 Here above is my latest design "LEIA" in a nod of respect to the recently passed Princess - my entry for this weeks Spoonflower challenge for "MOSAICS" - I started off below - very laboriously and monotonously painting individual squares and developed them into motifs which I scanned and then created the final repeat in Photoshop - also a tad tedious but I ended up with a design I am really pleased with that looks, to me, like glass tiles - not my intention but a happy serendipitous result. A few people have mentioned it reminds them of cross stitch - which is just fine and dandy with me too.

If you have the time and inclination I would so appreciate your vote

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no need to sign in - thanks so much in advance :) 

Here is a pic of my feature in UPPERCASE magazine - I am so appreciate to Janine Vangool - the publisher - for including me in this lovely jam packed full of surface design eye candy magazine

And here is a picture of the latest watercolour hand painted design I have featured in my print on demand online shops - click each shop name to go to PARTERRE (a level space in a garden or yard occupied by an ornamental arrangement of flower beds) BOTANIQUE:

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My next design is on the watercolour block and I'll be submitting it to the Spoonflower challenge for next week - the call is for Mandalas - a particular favourite of mine so wish me luck with the paint up and I'll be in touch to ask for your kind vote once again - 'til then my thanks

PATRICIASHEADESIGNS

Red Maple flowers and gleaming blue skies in Maine

These last few days in Maine have been stunning - bright polished clear blue skies - narry a cloud to be seen - and the burgeoning buds and flowers glowing all around. The last 2 days I have been enamoured of what turns out to be Red Maple male flowers - I didn't know what they were until I did a Google search - and behold they are that most Maine of trees being all beautiful and bright.

I have to admit I do like the way the backgrounds have turned out - smudgy and out of focus in a nice, painterly kind of way - thank you little camera mine :)

I am going to attempt to wrangle these images into an allover surface print for my Spoonflower shop where the design will be offered as fabric, wallpaper, decals and most recently, wrapping paper - wish me luck, I am not sure yet how large scale of a repeat I will be able to make as my camera files are not that big it being an older camera and not so fancy but I will make a valiant attempt and keep you abreast of my efforts - I know for sure I can offer some of these images on smaller fare such as iPhone cases, cards and other things apropos for this format.

May the gleaming days continue!