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Stretching the Surface…

December 1, 2012 · 2 Comments

I enrolled in a Surface Design / Pattern e-Course called
The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design by Rachel Taylor
it has been absolutely fascinating and I highly recommend it.

My reason for enrolling in this online course based in England,
is that it has been a life long dream to create fabrics and images for products.
With this course I will be learning how it’s done and launching my brand Lisa Rivas to the manufacturing world.
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2 Inspirations: “Streamlined”

Okra Stretch 

I combined the two images below and stretched their boundaries.

WHAT DOES THE ABOVE IMAGE REMIND YOU OF? 

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Okra Pods

Inspiration: Lesson 2 : Seeing Shapes

Stripes from scraps

Inspiration: Lesson 1 : Gluing Strips

I’ll be posting more soon.
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Mood-boards, A B C’s

October 29, 2012 · 7 Comments

From start to finish… a process to a vision!

I had started my mood-board project for the BYW Bootcamp
by placing bits and pieces of my studio on the board.
Once it was done I looked at it, and it felt more like a cutting board to me! And it actually was!
I found that the kitchen sink was there too, and the cupboards were sitting right above.

Moodboard-1a © Lisa Rivas…this board was in the “Kitchen Sink” stage…

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So then my mother came into the picture, for she had been there in spirit the whole time.
She was peeking from the tiny silver picture frame; and with her, order came and took a seat.
Red areas began to take over and this hue was attached to some gripping blood-ties and …
… maybe a petal or two, with some seeds;
And then a tiny red button rolled in!

Mood-board "B" by Lisa Rivas

The mood-board had switched towards remembering my mother. Now it was… “About Mom”

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Maybe a break was in order, for I had aimed to be myself!
The whole purpose of this particular Mood-Board was to illustrate visually the style of my blog!

Mood-board "C" by Lisa Rivas

I then sat down with the silences of my blank canvases listening to the whispers and the depths;
…and finally I saw the sweet tweets of colors, blending within the songs of so many hues.

I realized my  life has been a wondrous secret voyage, one of the imagination,
of worlds within worlds within worlds…
I had been able to observe the hidden magic within the stillness of a room,
and thus discover life’s fleeting dance among the folds.

That was what I had always done among my many ways.

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