Thursday, January 19, 2012

My creative space: dots and sticks

I was reading one of Lotta Jansdotter's books the other day and in it she talks about how one of her friends had mentioned that a lot of her pictures were like dots on sticks. I found this plant on my way home from work that looked like it was made of dots on sticks too and it has been no end of inspiration to me this week.
First I displayed it:
Bottles courtesy of a great Dunedin op shop

Then I painted it:

Then I drew it:Then I turned it into a fabric design:
I'm hoping to get some fabric printed by Spoonflower soon so I've been playing around with some possible designs. I'm thinking something with seedpods, something green...

How about you, what's inspiring you at the moment?

To see lots of other creative spaces pop on over to the "our creative spaces" blog.

Happy Thursday!
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8 comments:

  1. UnknownJanuary 19, 2012 at 4:44 PM

    wonderful I cant wait to see the fabric :) It would make a great 'house' dress print. what a welcome back to Creative Spaces yay

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    1. EmilyJanuary 26, 2012 at 3:29 PM

      Thanks Sarah, I totally had a 'house' dress in mind when I was designing it! Hmm, I wonder how many of those dresses is too many...

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  2. NotchkaJanuary 19, 2012 at 5:33 PM

    Oh I love looking at other people's creative process. Spoonflower - that site is fantastic isn't it? I'm inspired today by a woven stool we have in the kitchen and bumble bees in the garden.

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    1. EmilyJanuary 26, 2012 at 3:30 PM

      Thanks Notchka, yes it's such a great site...I'm finding it hard to narrow down what I want to get printed!

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  3. laccentnouJanuary 20, 2012 at 1:37 AM

    Love your drawings, I think they work great as a fabric design.

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    1. EmilyJanuary 26, 2012 at 3:31 PM

      Thanks Anastasia, I'm really excited about getting it printed!

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  4. Anne ButeraJanuary 22, 2012 at 6:07 AM

    This is lovely. Really enjoyed seeing your inspiration (great photo!), your painting and your drawing!

    Your fabric will be beautiful. Love that green color. It's almost the exact green of my kitchen. So bright and cheerful!

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  5. EmilyJanuary 26, 2012 at 3:33 PM

    Thanks Anne, I ended up taking so many photos of those seed heads! Wow, I'd love a green kitchen, my kitchen is boring landlord standard-issue mushroom colour!

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