fabric

Hand painted jacket for a friend

A study of fabric and metal: Chinese good luck locks and ribbons.

Repeated vector pattern, great for web backgrounds or fabric. Would like it on a phone case.

Doodled on some aprons I made to sell at the shop. Doodling makes everything better! They sold right away!

Watercolour painting of medieval costumes, and their pretty fabrics.

Graphite and watercolours,

These patterns are all made from drawings pulled from my 2017 sketchbook project. I studied fiber arts in grad school and learned how to do repeat patterns - the old fashioned way by cutting and taping paper together... I haven't done any in 25 years - until this month!

I also digitally made this into a seamless repeating pattern, so it can be put on fabric, wallpaper, home goods, clothing, etc.

This image was drawn as part of a pattern piece for fabric in the Liberty style. Originally drawn in pen and ink.

My Vintage blue floral pattern print was designed for fabric. Originally drawn in black & white line, the blue adds a vintage feel and reminds me of the blue and white china of yester year.

© 2017 Joe Blend. All rights reserved. — Artwork made by redacting words in a newspaper article to create a haiku. A contour drawing was added using white ink, to convey the meaning behind the haiku (note: the word "the" was added by using semi-opaque tape to remove the word from a different newspaper article). The piece was scanned into Adobe Photoshop for small adjustments, to prepare for printing.

My Left Foot (the other one sports Superman theme). Pebeo fabric paint, Artline fabric markers and of course Uni Posca.