A year ago I had an artist residency at the de Young Museum and designed a visitor participatory project of wire and repurposed materials.
I saved most of the visitor created tiles and have scanned a few for experimentation in my textile designs. I have sent this below pattern tile to Spoonflower for a test swatch. I have hundreds of these unique round butterfly tiles created by adults and children who visited the de Young during my residency. I selected these few for my fabric design.
You can design a repeat pattern in Photoshop by selecting the area of your image to repeat and then select Edit: Define Pattern. Below is a swatch of area created with this technique.
I discovered that I could also increase the random look by selecting "half drop" in the Spoonflower settings. I am interested in the creation of textiles that are touched by many individuals hands and imaginations. Designing textile patterns which draw upon public collaborative projects is a fascinating direction to me. What garments and objects can be sewn from such unique fabrics and how can these sewn objects reflect further on community?
These are beautiful. I love that you used the vistors work in your own work. This is inspiring - I want to do a Deyoung artist residency - but have been having trouble brainstorming the visitor part of it ! Now I think if I could think of something I could potentially use in my work it might link it together for me.
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