The Printed Pattern: Techniques and Projects for Inspired Printmaking and Surface Design

by Rebecca Drury, Yvonne Drury, Shopie Drury (Photographer)

Design your own handprinted patterns

Stamp and print your own patterns on paper, fabric, and more. Learn to create original stamp, stencil, and screen designs and apply them to a wide range of surfaces and objects for charming handprinted graphics and patterns. The Printed Pattern will teach you how to create mood boards and color schemes and how to experiment with composition and scale for effective design. Learn nine different methods for creating reliefs with stamping, stenciling, and screen printing with the Drurys’ clear instructions. The book also offers templates to be used as guides for cutting stencils.

Both textile artists and DIY crafters will be inspired to use these easy techniques to turn a simple graphic design into a fabulous, modern handprinted piece.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2010

About the author

Various authors wrote under the pseudonym Rebecca Drury to create the 'Women at War' series. One of those authors was Jane Toombs

Reviews

[Katie Hoffman · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is such a broad brush stroke of a primer I was left disappointed. The designs are limited and they are uninspired. I was looking for a good primer on digital surface pattern design and found this book to be purely for the fabric artist. Fine - but not my cup of tea.