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b. Dog Rose Series, Repeat Pattern design
c. Dog Rose, watercolor
d. Voysey, Bird and Tulip
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Here is a new repeat design, based on the bird and foliage motifs of CFA Voysey. Voysey was part of William Morris' Arts and Crafts Movement of the late 19th century. He was more of an architect than a textile/wallpaper designer. But his deceptively simple puzzle-like pieces are carefully crafted where each section fits perfectly with the others, as though he were building a house. He is the designer I admire most.
I often draw the pieces I want to work on before tackling their combination. Simple things like the wings of the bird, or the interior structures of the flower, can then become part of the design.
