Series on the history of surface design by Julie Gibbons. Part 1 in the Russian Folk series here, Part 2 here. ...
As the summer sun blazes down on those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, designing Christmas and holiday patterns doesn’t...
Series on the history of surface design by Julie Gibbons. I never much liked Memphis style when I first came...
Pop Art Patterns is part of a series on the history of surface design by Julie Gibbons. Like many other...
As I mentioned in Part 1, there are some common themes that run through all of the Russian folk styles...
Series on the history of surface design by Julie Gibbons. Katagami is the traditional Japanese art of paper stencils, and...
Toile has been around seemingly forever; and although their popularity waxes and wanes a bit, they never completely disappear. They’re...
Series on the history of surface design by Julie Gibbons. William Morris (1834-1896) is best known these days as a...
Having not received a formal degree in textile and pattern design I have read numerous books to try to develop...
This is the second in a series of posts on famous people who did surface design as a sideline to...
Pat Nugent is the founder and president of Patricia Nugent Design & Textiles, and a fashion and vintage textiles expert. She...
In this post Julie Gibbons explores the history of the ever popular damask pattern. You might be forgiven these days...