A new contest at Spoonflower called the 2014 Tea Towel Calendars Contest has begun. This year for my entry I created a Dala horse design. After I entered the contest it was brought to my attention by a very talented designer at Spoonflower named Rhonda Designs that 2014 is the year of the Wood Horse in Chinese Astrology. I thought that was so cool and such a great coincidence.
I have always loved Scandinavian artwork and my design was also inspired by a post from a blog that I love to follow called Silver Shoes & Rabbit Holes. In this post Danzel writes about her trip to Lindsborg, Kansas also known as Little Sweden U.S.A. If you would like to read her post and see her fabulous and enchanting pictures of the festival she attended that inspired my design please click on Midsummer's Festival! Let's Pretend to Be Swedish! She also has two other fun posts to check out titled St. Lucia Day in Kansas and Happy Midsummer! If you have never heard of Silver Shoes & Rabbit Holes before you must check it out! Your inner child will be glad that you did! :)
Here is my tea towel design titled 2014 Horses & Birds.
If you would like to vote in the 2014 Tea Towel Calendars Contest at Spoonflower please click here. You do not have to be a member to vote and you can vote for as many as you like. I would love to have your vote if you like my design!
I love Henri Matisse's artwork. When I was in college for my senior jury I did a one woman monologue called Darleen Dances by Betsy Robinson, and for that piece found inspiration in the artwork of Matisse's painting called The Dance. It has always been a favorite of mine. There is so much movement in his style and vivid colors that to me it's mesmerizing.
For this week's contest Spoonflower is partnering with the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. They have asked us to design textiles that would look at home in a Matisse painting. The top ten designs will be featured at a First Thursday and Art for All events at the Nasher Museum on Thursday, December 6, 2012. We were also given a specified color palette. Here is my design for the contest.
In my own interpretation of Matisse's style I chose to create movement through dancing stars, flying birds and falling petals. Thus came the title for this design She Loves Me She Loves Me Not.
