Design

1. The Criteria of a Design
• Line, used to create shapes
• Shape
• Rhythm, repetition to create movement or flow
• Balance, implied stability either real or illusionary
• Emphasis, focal point or center of interest
• Repeat, composed unit
• Rhythm and balance are dictated by repeat
• Negative space as part of the design

2. Fabric
• Typically 54” wide
• Horizontal repeat has to fit into 54”
• Vertical repeat can be anything
• Design up the bolt

3. Tossed Layout

4. Half Drop

5. Botanical

6. Bouquet and Cartouche

7. Floral Stripe

8. Resist Print

9. Trailing Floral

10. Tropical

13. Damask Design

14. Paisley Half Drop Tossed

17. Modern Geometric

22. Ethnic

29. Novelty Chinoiserie

30. Conversational

40. Wallpaper
• 27” wide
• 5 yard roll

41. Scroll Design

42. Tropical

44. Wall paper borders

45. Fret or Lattice

47. Flavor Papers
Conversational

48. Islamic

49. Cowtan and Tout

50. Greek Key

51. Planning a design
• Textiles are designed flat but rarely used flat.
Consider end use
• Scale, how are you going to use this and room
size and ceiling height
• Repeat type and size. How will it be printed?
• Pencil drawing, refine, refine, refine
• Map out how many colors and color placement
• Texture
• Ground

52. Scale

58. Hand Screened Fabric

59. Rotary Screen Printing

61. Digital

62. Digital

65. Galbraith and PaulBlock Printing

67. Ground

68. Color on light ground

69. Blotch

71. Pigment on Natural Linen

73. Warp Print

74. Discharge

75. Flocking

76. Color line