I Designed this print as part of a collaboration with senior fashion design student Brittany ritzheimer for her second senior collection titled "blank canvas". Brittany shared with me her concept which drew from a number of exciting inspirations such as the fauvism art movement and human connection to art and making.
Brittany's merchandising plan (above), concept board (below, left), and color story (digital, above & yarn, below)
Brittnay's concept board
Brittnay's yarn color reelings
Le bonheur de vivre - Henri Matisse
Mountains Collioure - Andre Derain & working through design ideas by hand in my sketchbook
I made the decision to design this print using only digital mediums, experimenting with brushes in illustrator and different repeat structures eventually deciding to work on a larger scale
final motif: measuring 40 inches across and 36 inches in height, then placed into a vertical repeat
design was then heat transferred on to polyester crepe fabric yardage using the method of dye sublimation digital printing
