Hello,
I’ve been thinking a lot about how digital patterns can sometimes feel a little too perfect.
Everything lines up, everything repeats exactly… and it can lose that slightly human, hand-printed feel that I love.
So I’ve been working in a different way.
Instead of building patterns with lots of layers and copied motifs, I’ve gone back to something much simpler, stamping, erasing, and letting the designs character emerge within the stamping process much like hand block printing.
I’ve just shared a short video showing how I build patterns so they feel more hand-printed.
Here’s the process in action:
It’s a very simple, step-by-step way of working, and you start to see the repeat appear almost naturally within the rhythm of working.
If you’d like to try it yourself, I’ve linked the stamp set below, along with the lino brushes I use to create the stamps themselves.
If you’d like to try it yourself:
Kitchen Garden Hen Stamps
Lino Cut Style Brushes
I hope you enjoy seeing the process!
Best wishes,
Dawn (Patternologie)
Bye for now!
