Perlen Poesie asked me to design something for their 11th edition and I went........BLANK!
My
design process is not a planned event. I sort of have an idea which color
pallet/direction I want to play in and I tend to go to Cubic Right Angle Weave
because I love the stitch so much......and then I wait, bead a bit, gather
things I might use and stack them on my table....try this or that until I have
a pile of UFO's in front of me. I then play with them, squint my eyes
"see" what's happening until an idea or thought sets in.
By then I
will have smoked (yes, yes....I know) the packet that my cigs came
in and semi watched, or rather, listened to a TV program on Ancient Aliens, backwards, because I can see reflected glimpses in
the mirror next to me.....subtitles are a bit of a challenge but it keeps me
looking in the direction I should be focusing on.
So, when at last an idea becomes evident, another pile of UFO's join the first as I work
things out and then, finally, It Happens. A design evolves and becomes reality.
The thing is, I want "Pattern Value".
More than 1 design must emerge from this process and so it was with Boleyn Cuff. Whilst beading the cuff, I saw/thought about how to create a 3D Cube and a Medieval Cross. The beauty is, once the cuff pattern had been written, I had the basics for the other 2 designs and all they needed were the extra bits to become 2 extra patterns....Pattern Value!!!!
The same thing happened
when Steve Weiss of the Bead Smith approached myself and 27 other Designers
to create something to showcase their stunning new
Elegant Elements clasps
8 comments:
LOADS of pattern value, I'd say. and fantastic product as well! Your process feels pretty familiar to me, but you make so much more of your exercise by writing as you go. Someday, I will have to try that! :o)
Thanks Marsha :)
How I would love to be sitting by you while you dig through those piles of beads, lol!! You're a designing whirlwind, lady!!! LOVE all of your newest!! Mwah!!
Well.....if I keep telling you how brilliant you are it just gets repetitive :) You know how I feel!!! I don't think it's so much "pattern value" as "pattern development". Sometimes a design feels it needs lots of brothers and sisters. Rock on, buddy <3
How fun! How beautiful! It all left me breathless.
Well you know I love your designs and think of you as a friend so yes yes yes keep looking at those little beadies and using them to step up to the next one.
Your design are always fresh and fascinating, Heather! Thanks for the peek into your process!
Delightful patterns, the colors are terrific.
Heather, my old blog is being deleted...kindly re-follow on my new blog. Do not want to loose you.
Thank you,
-Eva Maria
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