So excited to announce the collaboration with Katrina Elliott, a fashion designer based out of Rochester, NY. Check out her beautiful work. I began creating a collection of prints from Katrina's inspiration boards for Fall/Winter 2016, and I think you'll be excited to see the results! We are getting some yardage printed soon and Katrina will be working her magic integrating 3 of the prints into her new collection. See what we've created here.
Crochet animal art
Joana Vasconcelos creates these amazing sculptures.
Saffron
The process of harvesting this herb and its brilliant colors are beautiful
Architect Cristina Parreno's glass sculpture at MIT
Art by Jack Vanzet
Incredible paint textures and color palettes
http://jackvanzet.com/
Hand cut paper flowers
Amazing collage of hand cut paper flowers from 1835
I am always adding inspiration images to a variety of categories on Pinterest. Check it out!
Leaves!
It's not news to many of you that I am obsessed with plants and my apartment is borderline jungle. These are some of my favorite leaves of late from the neighborhood and the interweb.
Art by Maïmouna Guerresi
I love the her powerful work and the use of textiles throughout. Read more here.
Floral fashion through the ages
Electron microscope photos of cells and rust
The beauty of the micro world is astounding.
Photographs by Seydou Keita
Keita is a self-taught photographer from Bamako, Mali who captured amazing portraits of people and families between 1940 and the early 1960s. So inspired by him and many of the textiles in these exquisite portraits.
Sri Lankan Leopard skin
Vintage Roses
Cave paintings & Neantherthal Jewelry
Colorful Locales
The 22 most colorful places on earth.
Take me to all of them please.
My prints on Betsey Products!
Last year I worked on a series of prints for Betsey Johnson's 'Pure Punk' trend. Now they are being released on some new products for fall and winter. I worked with the team to develop many color options for each print and some of my favorite color palette combinations were chosen.
Looking forward to bundling up with some of these scarves in the coming fall and winter months. :)
Giant Malaysian butterflies
I watch a lot of nature documentaries :)
Also check out these amazing patterns by entymologist Eugene Seguy.
Fashion Week
Thanks to Betsey Johnson, I was able to attend Fashion Week for the first time! It was a fabulous show and thrilling to see my print walk down the runway in person. Her "Prenup" themed show was all for marriage equality and fun! The music, models, and crowd were all so much fun. Betsey sure knows how to put on a show :)
See a review of the complete show here.