Question: What effects can be created by manipulating a basic pattern to apply subtle complexity? Inspiration: Tomoko Nakamichi’s Pattern Magic and Pattern Magic 2 illustrate brilliant case studies of ways to manipulate a basic bodice pattern to create shapes, structures or effects. Specifically, the “Like a Jungle” example in Pattern Magic 2, where she split the...
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Katie’s Shower
In March I co-hosted a baby shower for my friend Katie. At the time I had just finished a Textile Design class at Mesa Community College and for months my husband had been encouraging me to come up with some projects to use the laser cutter at his work. This shower provided me the opportunity...
What is Ouroboros?
“One of the main tasks of adolescence is to achieve an identity—not necessarily a knowledge of who we are, but a clarification of the range of what we might become, a set of self-references by which we can make sense of our responses, and justify our decisions and goals.” – Terri Apter As we grow...