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Blog Post Tag: Shop Talk

We Are The Patternbase

January 29, 2016 11:18 pm

Check out The Patternbase, a multi-faceted collaboration of artists Kristi O’Meara & Audrey Victoria Keiffer. It’s a surface and textile design studio, digital pattern archive and pop-up gallery as well as a generator of hand-painted and sewn housewares, apparel items and innovative digital patterns. Meet 2 high energy design entrepreneurs who also offer a range of services plus collect and sell vintage apparel and textiles. It’s all here!

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New on DVD: Study Itajime Shibori With Ana Lisa Hedstrom

November 30, 2015 12:01 pm

Ever tried itajime? Let shibori artist Ana Lisa Hedstrom show you the history, process – plus contemporary adaptations – of this time-honored resist technique that uses folding, clamping and dyeing to create stunning pattern on cloth and other substrates. The only limits are your imagination! Learn this compelling process from a master via this 2nd in her series of shibori DVDs.

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Shop Talk: Good Photography Gets Your Work Selected

March 20, 2015 4:44 pm

Poorly lit photographs in unprofessional settings can kill your chances of getting your work selected for a show – like SDA’s upcoming “Materialities” catalog & exhibition opportunity. Do you understanding how to correctly size and format images to meet submission requirements? Use this illustrated list of dos & don’ts to make sure your entries get seen. Digital Diva LM Wood shows how.

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