Sometimes you've got to go with the idea of 'less is more'. Even though the over-printing on the snow gum print was working out I decided that I wanted to have a single print of this design on linen as well. So I mixed up a nice ice blue this morning as an experiment. Then a printmaker on twitter, @meganjmcpherson, suggested that the coolness of the blue against the warmth of the linen worked because it does in nature. This was the image she used to make her case:
which kind of makes sense to me. So it's listed here in case it takes your fancy.
How well it works! Very striking and unsual. Our best inspirations are always from nature.
ReplyDeleteAlso both the cups (bowl? mug?) are lovely.
Thanks Priya. And the cups are both from Japan - land of gorgeous pottery.
DeleteIt does work beautifully. This colour is close to a cyan and I always love the look of print newspaper printing colours - cyan, magenta, yellow and black.
ReplyDeleteI so know what you mean about those colours.
DeleteHi, I've discovered your blog via harvest textiles. Yes, yes, yes - you are so right about less is more. The blue print on linen is so very calming, gives my eyes a big deep breath!
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Thanks so much for the feedback Jenni. BTW, your illustrations are lovely.
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