When launching a freelance textile design business, the list of assumed “must-haves” and “must-knows” can be long and understandably overwhelming....
Gemma Davison is the designer/owner of Anna Joe Design, a contemporary textiles and surface pattern design studio producing “striking graphic prints and...
Nicky Ovitt is an illustrator (and Sellable Sketch alumna!) living in Petaluma, California who recently signed as a licensed artist for Seattle-based...
We always receive lots of questions about pattern collections, how they are developed and why they are useful. In this...
Post by Victoria Snape. Images via: (Top row left) Texturable, (Top row right) Schatzi Brown, (Middle row right) From Past to Present, (Middle...
Joy Laforme is one of our talented alumni and we are so pleased to share this interview with her leading...
*post by Victoria Snape, images via: (Top-Right) Robin and Mould, (Middle) Ainshent, (Bottom-Left) Jane foster designs...
There is nothing in life I would rather do for a living than this.
Series on the history of surface design by Julie Gibbons. I LOVE a good paisley. Maybe because they’re like pattern...
This week we are thrilled to introduce you to Ashley Chase. Ashley is a fashion designer, artist and textile designer...
Images via: (Clockwise from top left) “colorful shelf fungus on tree stem” by Scot Nelson, “mushrooms” by Aleksey Gnilenkov (cropped from original), “coral fungus” by Scott Darbey, “tree fungus” by Aileen’s Pics, “Fungus” by Geoff...
Mel Smith is “on a mission to bring bold colour and energetic pattern to people’s homes!” Much of her work is...