design process: imagery...

so i've realized that i talk a lot about what i make at school and how i make it, and that sometimes i'm sure some of you don't really know what i'm talking about! so i've decided that i'm going to do a series of post on my design process and how things work in the textile studio.
for silk screen printing, the design process starts out with your imagery. right now i'm working with a theme of urban and industrial inspiration, from colours to textures and patterns. so my print work (fabric that i silk screen print) is based on this type of patterning. i wanted to make a brick inspired screen, so i used a few different types of sponges with ink to create these textures, i cut the paper up, and arranged it in a brick pattern. then i make the pattern into a repeat (where the pattern can be placed beside itself without seeing where it starts and stops). then the paper design needs to become a type of image that can be shot onto a silk screen, so i photocopied it onto acetates. and now my imagery is ready to become a silk screen! and that will be the next design process post!
the last image is a second screen i'm working with inspired by chain link fences.

feeling inspired...

after seeing these images of jewelry maker Reverie on the The Makers Photo Project i feel like getting all my supplies out and getting to work on a whole bunch of things. i love seeing into other artists work spaces.

i love crystal studs...

i'm not sure what it is but i'm just loving crystal studded jewelry right now! what do you ladies think?
from better late than never.

check this out...

so i've told you about Of A Kind before, and if you haven't checked it out you really should! and if you have, do it again! they have some really lovely work, by some really great artists. they help new unique designers showcase their work through storytelling and small-batch exclusives.
i really really love these earrings.

on my reading list...

i am currently reading both of these books. they are booth great books for creative business running, check them out if you haven't yet.

more grad collection...

here are some more photos of my recent body of work. its been really fun this week, shooting and editing all these photos. and i have something very exciting to announce soon, but not quite yet! maybe next week.

new specs...

so i finally got some new glasses last week! its been far too long, and i really wanted a new look. so i ordered two pairs from Warby Parker. they have some really cute styles, totally reasonably prices, and for every pair you buy they donate a pair to someone in need. i got two pairs, and really love the ones in the photo below, but sadly the other pair i ordered don't fit, so they need to be returned, and i need to pick another pair.

these are the Wiloughby in Striped Chestnut, which I'm wearing in the first picture! i really like them.

these are Pierce in Grey Stone, which i got and really like, but they don't fit my face, they are way to tight! so sadly they are going back.

the Zagg in Striped Chestnut- i like these ones, but their only available in black right now, and i don't think thats what i want

Digby in Dark Tortoise - i think that these might be the ones