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Jan212015May 11 2015
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Pattern 3/52

Cathrin Gressieker wallpaper-mock-up-snowflakes

After the tropical palette of the last pattern 2/52, it is now time to face the reality of German winter again. Even though we have hardly had any snow yet … You might recognize the pattern again, I used Clara’s January calendar page for it. I took a photo of the cut-outs and it image-traced very well in Illustrator.

At the moment I am taking Module 2 of The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design, a course filled to the brim with information, learning, exercises and assignments and with an amazingly talented and inspiring design community.

Last week we learned (among many, many other things) how to mock up our patterns as wallpaper in a room set. The snowflake pattern might not be a wallpaper for all seasons (floral patterns are more timeless and pleasing throughout the year), but I think it looks very inviting to go on a little skiing holiday.

And I want to show you another mock-up set:

snowflakes collection

For dining in style after skiing.

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Jan202015May 11 2015
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Pattern 2/52

My second pattern for the year-long challenge is also based on a gem shape like 1/52, I call it Tropical Crystals:

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This time the crystal shape was hand-drawn.

brooch19And why tropical? Because I used some colours of this colour palette from last year’s trip to Thailand.

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And how I surprisingly found out today, the colours in the pattern are predicted in Pantone’s Fashion Colour Report for Spring 2015 here.

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Jan192015May 11 2015
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Pattern 1/52

I am happy to announce a new year-long project today!

As my three 365-day-projects have ended with the end of last year, I first felt some relieve for a while this month. Carolina has stopped taking her afternoon naps coinciding with the end of the photo-project and I can declutter now only when I feel like it. But I must admit, that I am not able to spend my two-Euro-coins anymore, I am collecting them again this year. Yet this doesn’t challenge me enough on a creative level, of course. Not that I could complain about too little creative projects in my life … I draw, paint and design on a daily basis and I am taking a couple of art and design e-courses this year again. There is A Year of Painting II with Alena Hennessy, Assignment Bootcamp with the Lilla Rogers Studio School and The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design with Rachael Taylor.

And surface pattern design will be my year-long-project – I will create (at least!) and post one pattern each week of 2015. My pattern-design-passion has started last year in October when I took Jessica Swift’s excellent weekend-intensive-workshop Pattern Camp (she is re-running the course february 7-8) and further developed my new skills with Rachael Taylor’s and Lilla Roger’s classes and hours and hours of burning the midnight oil.

As we are already the fourth week into January, I will be catching up posting patterns over the next days.

Here is my first pattern 1/52 – Flower Crystals:

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Purely created in Illustrator and mocked up on a notebook.

I have recently discovered while designing that I am very much drawn to geometrical patterns and perfectly timed print & pattern’s new book has just been released:

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So much eye candy and inspiring designs!

I must say, I am very excited about my project of 2015 which will be great for experimenting, having fun, staying motivated and further building my pattern portfolio.

PS: Here is another Pattern Camper, Stephanie, who had the idea first.

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Jan162015May 11 2015
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Vernissage Invitation (in German)

Doris Reske Cathrin Gressieker princessA5

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Jan142015May 11 2015
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Stay Warm

15 minutes of painting on a January day.

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And we even had a little snow today

(that didn’t stay).

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Jan112015May 11 2015
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Pink Moment of the Week

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… “hanging day” of my exhibition together with Doris Reske.

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Jan92015May 11 2015
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15 Minutes

More often than not I get this question – how do you do it all? Having a family with two young children, being a self-employed yoga teacher and then all those paintings and the crafty stuff like sewing and knitting (and blogging about it).

There is no secret. We are all busy. We all have 24 hours in a day. And we all have creative dreams, that often get lost in the net of everyday. But what I often say – you can get a lot done in 15 minutes. 15 minutes a day add up to nearly two hours of creative time a week.

And because long stretches of creative time are usually unrealistic, I was very happy about the first lesson of Alena Hennessy’s painting e-course A Year of Painting II (I took the first year-long-course last year and this is the follow-up where we dig deeper). Painting your word of the year in 15, 10 and 5 minutes. No room for perfectionism in this short period of time. Just play, intuition and fun (even though some frustration might occur). These small imperfect paintings became some kind of meditation for me this week.

Cathrin Gressieker 15 minutes

And I also found out this week that I am not the only one with this little-15-minutes-of-creativity-theory. I listened to an interview with creativity couch Samantha Beckett and she even wrote a whole book about it. Her advice: discover which of your projects matters most to you, spend 15 minutes a day on that project, every single day (before checking your e-mail). Magic will happen. Or in my words:

15 minutes of painting a day keeps the muse from going on a holiday.

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Jan72015May 11 2015
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Business Cards

My new art business cards from London were delivered yesterday.

Cathrin Gressieker art & design

I used a floral pattern from the MATS-course for the front of the cards and part of a painting for the back/contact side. They were printed by MOO and I just love that the business cards come in squares and that you can have a “green” option – printed on recycled paper and using wind energy for the production.

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Jan62015May 11 2015
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Yarn Graffiti 1/2015

I spotted the first yarn graffiti of 2015

last Saturday opposite the cute little fabric shop (I blogged about it here):

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Bright colours against a grey January sky.

Thank you, anonymous knitter.

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Jan52015May 11 2015
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Suzani Skirt

Here it is,

my first pattern design on a piece of clothing.

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My go-to-sewing-pattern-for-a-simple-skirt is

Caprice by Mamu Design.

I can wear it in summer,

and with leggings for the rest of the year,

I even wear it in yoga classes.

I sewed a similar skirt last January

(and wrote a similar-looking post about it)

and this time I am happy to say there was no obession involved,

just fun sewing it.

Quick and easy.

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Now I can be a living advertisement for my designs.

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Hello, thanks for stopping by. This is a space where I share my colourful adventures in pattern design, painting and travelling.

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Brain research shows that downtime is more important then me might think, not only for our body, but also for our mind and creativity. Certain areas of the brain even fire more strongly when we are at rest than while trying to solve a task with mental determination. Various kinds of rest and downtime can both replenish our reserves and increase their volume. I am a big fan of an afternoon siesta myself 😉 Have a relaxing weekend, creative people! #inspirationalquotes #creativity #takeanap

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From the last leftover paint phase I had back in late August 2020. Now freshly put in repeat and ‘Ethereal’ is uploaded for licensing exclusively via @patternbank. #textiledesign #artlicensing #floralprint

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Getting messy and expressive with peonies on the iPad, but without the mess on the painting table, and no charcoal on my hands. #floralartist #procreate #peonies

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Being a June babe myself, I love seeing blooming peonies in my birthday month, but it’s still a couple of months until then though. So while researching peony quotes, a little google search on Vita Sackville-West’s life revealed that this Lady lived an intense and colourful one! Growing a celebrated garden must have been her least frivolous pleasure. #artistquotes #peonies #vitasackvillewest

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The whole quote goes like this: ‘Your own reasons to create are reason enough. Merely by pursuing what you love, you may inadvertently end up helping us plenty. Do whatever brings you to life, then. Follow your own fascinations, obsessions, and compulsions. Trust them. Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart. The rest will take care of itself.’ From @elizabeth_gilbert_writer’ s highly recommendable book on creativity ‘Big Magic’. #artistquotes #motivationalquotes #liveyourbestlife

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Some floral softness on the iPad this morning. #looseflorals #procreate #floralartist

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Madeleine L’Engle was a writer, but painters say exactly the same thing. Picasso: ‘Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.’ Matisse: ‘Don’t wait for inspiration. It comes while one is working.’ So don’t wait for that elusive muse, let her find you while you are at it 🎨 #artistquotes #doitfortheprocess #musings

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One of the absolute pleasures of our global online world, for me, is watching lady boss business blossom and bloom, like women’s activewear brand @_peachy_athletic in collaboration with @lovemi.designs. From taking the leap and researching fabric printers, licensing a design of mine via @patternbank and producing locally in the USA, what’s not to love, kudos 👏💪🙌 @lravens192000 (while having three young kids!) @atasteoflife.ca @a_panda_who_lifts #womensactivewear #ladyboss #textiledesign #designedbywomenforwomen

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A bit of black & white to balance out all the pink in my feed 🌸😉🌸 ‘Rose Noir’ and ‘Night Rose’ are now freshly blooming on @patternbank. #textiledesign #floralprint #roses #artlicensing


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