Today's pattern is a gear-like shape inspired by a grinding stone in Izeda, Portugal.
Read More"Izeda", by Carlyn Clark of "The 1 Motif 100 Ways" series for day 12 of "The 100 Day Project"
"Gaeiras", by Carlyn Clark of "The 1 Motif 100 Ways" series for day 11 of "The 100 Day Project"
The 100 Day Project - Day 11 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series
A repeating pattern inspired by a lighthouse in Gaeiras, Portugal
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2015 Liberate Your Art Swap card received from Eric Bruth
The Lovely 2015 Liberate Your Art Postcard Swap Cards I Received
In between my 100 Day Project patterns I took some time today to get outside with my camera and the 5 postcards I received in the 2015 Liberate Your Art Swap. There should have been 6, but once again the post office hasn't delivered something I was expecting. This is getting to be a regular thing, both coming and going. I sent a priority mail box to my daughter that took 6 weeks to get to her. And I got a postcard from China this week that was mailed the 29th of November. But these 5 lovely cards did find their way to me, and I share them here.
2015 Liberate Your Art Swap card received from Kat Sloma
2015 Liberate Your Art Swap card received from D.L. Correa
2015 Liberate Your Art Swap card received from Anthony Leggins
2015 Liberate Your Art Swap card received from Rebecca Hill
"Ferro", by Carlyn Clark of "The 1 Motif 100 Ways" series for day 10 of "The 100 Day Project"
The 100 Day Project - Day 10 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series
For Day 10 of The 100 Day Project designer Carlyn Clark continued the 1 Motif 100 Ways theme by simplifying the motif and changing motif colors. The pattern is named after the Portuguese village of Ferro which has an abandoned rail station with an Azulejo tile mural that inspired the color selections.
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"Espinhal", by Carlyn Clark of "The 1 Motif 100 Ways" series for day 9 of "The 100 Day Project"
The 100 Day Project - Day 9 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series
For Day 9 of The 100 Day Project designer Carlyn Clark continued the 1 Motif 100 Ways theme by flipping the motif and putting it into a simple half-drop repeat. The pattern is named after the Portugese village of Espinhal.
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"Darque", by Carlyn Clark of "The 1 Motif 100 Ways" series for day 8 of "The 100 Day Project"
The 100 Day Project - Day 8 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series
The pattern takes on a lacy and floral effect today, with finer lines and greater detail. I'm continually surprising myself with how different each pattern can look with simple manipulation of the basic elements.
A breakdown of the original motif used in Carlyn Clark's "1 Motif 100 Ways" series
To make the original element, I made two simple shapes in Illustrator using the pen tool, a circle and a tear-drop. By repeating the rotating tear-drop shape and changing the scale in the circle, I was able to come up with a simple symmetrical motif. My first patterns with the element were simple manipulations of that shape, which led me to pulling the motif apart and rearranging the elements.
By rearranging the order of the elements, filling in some of the circles and slightly manipulating the tear-drop shape I was able to create a new motif with a completely different feeling than the original.
A new motif created from the same elements of Carlyn Clark's original design
"Caminha", by Carlyn Clark of "The 1 Motif 100 Ways" series for day 7 of "The 100 Day Project"
The 100 Day Project - Day 7 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series
Caminha is a town near the Atlantic Ocean in Northern Portugal. Its location on the Minho river made it an important trading port in the 14th century when Portugal's wine was exported to England and products from India, Brazil and Africa were imported. There's a square in the center of town surrounded by buildings and a clock tower from the 15th century. The shapes of the architectural details inspired this pattern. I once again deconstructed, rearranged and scaled the elements of the original motif.
"Borba", by Carlyn Clark of "The 1 Motif 100 Ways" series for day 6 of "The 100 Day Project"
The 100 Day Project - Day 6 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series
I took a more painterly approach to today's pattern. Inspired by the Portuguese city of Borba, which is famous for wine I chose to use a warm burgundy as the predominant color and added colors I found in a Portuguese textile scrap. Once again, I took apart the motif and rearranged the elements before putting it into repeat. Although it was inspired by textiles more than tile, using a square full-drop repeat gives it a tile-like feeling.
Portuguese textile scrap that I used for color inspiration.