patterning process

I spent a little time last night creating a new pattern called leaflets. This simple line drawing ended up with a multitude of ways to experiment and add texture and depth.

I am not sure why I create these patterns. It's like a game of solitaire, is it a waste of time? or just passing time without thought? I love the jigsaw aspect of fitting the elements together to create a seamless mix of line and color. My quilts don't use pattern (since I prefer working with the line work of the thread). I am not a pattern person in my surroundings, eschewing things like wallpaper and pretty little skirts. What is it?

©2011, Paula Kovarik

Comments

[Pat Pauly]

Love the different ways to present this simple drawing. Why can't it be fabric? Huh? Send it off to some design house and make it for the world.

[jean]

It's not a waste of time, I think that sometimes we just have to let stuff out. I am a firm believer in the fact that images designs, whatever, that we create, we'll be there when we need them. Maybe like a reverse of the missing link idea, we're just making the missing links before we have a chain. It's kind of like having a garage full of cars that are waiting to be driven, eventually they will take you somewhere.