Day 10 #ArtAdventCalendar
I like to take shapes, gestural motifs, and colours from my abstracted paintings and rework them into surface designs. This one is Ruska 2 v2 Blue, as printed on cotton percale in 2023. (I ordered it from CottonBee, and it is available on other fabrics via Spoonflower.)
Another #invertebrate repeat pattern for #invertefest! This one is made with might linocut #Beetles. My print shows, from left to right, top to bottom: Goliath beetle, Calligrapha verrucosa, blowout tiger beetle, Fruhstorferia sexmaculata, Phaedon oviformis, Reindeer beetle, Ceratophyus martinez, Erythrus ardens.
#linocut #printmaking #sciart #insect #repeatPattern #surfaceDesign
Find it in my #Spoonflower
https://www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/20005184-beetle-collection-block-print-by-minouette
The species is not only dimorphic with different male and female forms but also the females are polymorphic (that is, they come in different forms) and with mimetic forms (mimicking other species). This one is the Female alcanor form (with the swallow tails).
Find it in my #Spoonflower shop! https://www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/19940088-papilio-memnon-great-mormon-butterfly-red-ixora-flowers-by-minouette
#butterfly #repeatPattern #surfaceDesign #linocut #invertebrate #sciart #printmaking #mastoArt
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Another mollusc repeat pattern for #inverteFest! This one is made with my linocut nautilus. Cephalopods, like octopuses and squid, the nautili grow their own shells and are known as “living fossils,” having survived relatively unchanged for millions of years.
#repeatPattern #sciart #nautilus #cephalopods #oceanLife #wildlifeArt #linocut #printmaking #spoonflower #mastoArt
Another mollusc themed repeat pattern in time for #inverteFest for your nature loving Valentine featuring three of my #linocut heart cockles (Corculum cardissa). Perfect for your favourite malachologist, beach comber or shell collector.
Corculum cardissa, the heart cockle, is a species of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae found in the Indo-Pacific. If viewed from the side, it looks like a heart. 🧵
#printmaking #cockle #mastoArt #invertebrate #sciart #repeatPattern #spoonflower
My humpback whale repeat pattern! Made with my humpback whale linocut and in my Spoonflower minouette shop. I love seeing humpbacks when going to sea!
#linocut #printmaking #sciart #pattern #repeatPattern #humpbackWhale #whale #mastoArt
https://www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/19952141-humpback-whale-block-print-by-minouette
In high-density, these grasshoppers can be considered a garden or argricultural pest who eat grain. Their food consumption raises with temperature. On the other hand, grasshoppers are edible and looking to the future, people are starting to think creatively about protein sources with less environmental impact.
#repeatPattern #surfaceDesign #linocut #printmaking #grasshopper #redLeggedGrasshopper #insect #sciart
#mastoArt
https://www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/19938258-red-legged-grasshopper-by-minouette
https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/679723743
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Another pollinator and garden repeat pattern! This one made with my black-eyed susans, purple coneflower and monarch butterfly linocuts.
#linocut #printmaking #repeatPattern #sciart #surfaceDesign #blackEyedSusan #echinecea #coneflower #monarchButterfly #garden #spoonflower
Another fun, simple repeat pattern made with the tomato lino block print I carved and printed for my print about food crops grown here in Ontario which benefit from insects. 🍅
Also in my spoonflower minouette shop!
#linocut #printmaking #tomatoes #repeatPattern #surfaceDesign #colour #plants #sciart #mastoArt
Olivia Bertus | textile design
Petra Kaminen Mosher
Ele Willoughby, PhD
