WIP: creating prints

Images below are included with permission from Chelsea and Ryan.

Even before I heard about Spoonflower, I've wanted to make my own very short run, affordable, professional-looking prints. Decades ago, I worked with a fabric designer who created some absolutely beautiful silk prints that were included in lines that I had the pleasure of naming.

Now that technology has made printing on fabric much easier and affordable, the only thing stopping me is.... what to print. I've been thinking about this for months, only to forget about it for a bit and then have this "what" serendipitous appear on the table in front of me. Literally. 

I was visiting with two wonderfully talented young ones, Chelsea and Ryan. They were each drawing gorgeous pictures. Some of those gorgeous pieces of art came home with me.

Unnamed - Chelsea 2015

I wonder if Elephant Festival" is an appropriate name for this first line of fabrics. I love elephants and find such creativity and beauty in the beautifully painted creatures of the Indian festivals.

This line will include the elephant image above as well as the below landscape.

Unnamed - Chelsea 2015

The second line will be more of a challenge. While Chelsea's drawings are specific, intricate, and detailed, Ryan's art (below) is more free-spirited and reactionary.

I think I have a couple of ideas about how to structure Ryan's work in a fabric design. I'll see how it goes. I love a challenge.

Untitled - Ryan 2015

Untitled - Ryan 2015

Untitled - Ryan 2015

Posting today to TN&TN's WIP Wednesday!