This month we’re delighted to present a selection of beautiful repeat patterns from members of our POP community. From screen printed fabrics, to ornate lampshades and children’s clothing, our members have created stunning designs for a range of products and collaborations.
Anna Sutherland: Screen Printed Textiles
Passionate about textiles, Anna Sutherland creates colourful, intricate patterned lengths of screen printed fabric. Printing in her home studio in rural NSW, Australia, Anna prints 1, 2 and 3 colour designs up to 5m in length. Inspired by the geometric shapes in decorative jewellery each design is initially hand drawn, before being transformed into a multi-colour repeat. Anna sews all of her screen printed fabric into her textiles range of homewares and accessories.
Luke Matthews: Intergalactic Mobile Suit Rebellion
Luke Matthews collaborated with clothing brand, Beautiful Dinosaur, to create a t-shirt design that could be set up as a repeat pattern. They went for an 80s Japanese cartoon style, along the lines of Gundam or Voltron, with the typographic element reading 美しい恐竜 (Beautiful Dinosaur). “We wanted to create a striking pattern that looked a little trippy when viewed from afar, but which had a good amount of detail close-up,” says Luke. This repeat pattern will be used on adult and children’s clothing and is all handmade in the UK.
Leigh Bagley: Berwick and Koroni Prints
As a textiles designer 90% of what Leigh Bagley designs is in a repeat pattern. “My wallpapers have to work in repeat and engineering patterns that are visually intricate hiding an obvious repeating structure is a challenge,” comments Leigh. His Berwick wallpaper is a nod to a contemporary tartan and has been recoloured and rescaled to be used as Limited Edition Prints. He also recently worked on Koroni, which was designed for Design Milk’s designer desktop. This layered soft geometric works well as a framed print, but has also been rescaled and coloured and is part of the range for Newmor wallcoverings.
Melanie Wickham: Happy Hands Lightshades
Melanie Wickham recently worked with Bristol Interior Designer Hannah Reddon on a series of lino printed lightshades and tealight holders. Each piece was hand printed on unbleached fabric with lots of happy waving hands creating a fun contemporary range with a block printed vibe. A lovely wavy repeat was created by the hand motif.
Susan Yeates: Retro Floral
Over the course of 2021 Susan Yeates has been taking part in the 100 Day Project and tasked herself to create 100 mini relief prints during this time. As part of this project she created a number of small motifs that can be used to create more complex repeat patterns. “I love working with soft blocks such as the SpeedyCarve from Speedball or the Factic Vinyl Engraving block for this purpose as you can ink up quickly and get a pattern down on paper in a short time,” says Susan. For this retro floral pattern she was inspired by all things 70s floral and selected a colour palette that reflected that – earthy oranges and browns. She used simple paper guides to create a framework to work in and got started by layering up from the lightest to the darkest colour. “I go with the flow and build the pattern as it comes to me – often this gives the pattern a freshness (although sometimes a wonkiness as I don’t use guidelines either). I love the contrast of a graphic structure with the hand carved and printed nature of a block. When you look from afar it appears neat and orderly, but like in nature there are imperfections and unique elements and differences with each motif.”
Atelier Hourra: Pattern No1
Pattern N°1 was created by accident whilst Atelier Hourra were working on a client’s project. Feeling inspired, they decided to keep going in the search of repeat patterns, playing with forms and bold colours. They give life to them through Riso printing, which also adds another depth. As a poster on the wall, or as notebook for all your thoughts, these patterns invite the questioning of repetition, duplication, and rhythm.
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