The Benefit of 3

As a designer, I like to use odd numbers, especially three’s.  Five can be too many and one just not enough. You might think this is a strange analogy, but the same can be said for books written on a similar topic, as I’ve just learned.  If it’s...

The Design Equation

When it comes to creating a design, full to the brim with meaningful content, it really is as simple as an equation. D = I + M (Design = Inspiration + Momentum) We’re all inspired by something – that’s step one, but I think it’s that next...

Dynamism: How To

How about some ideas and inspiration for creating Dynamism and that sense of energy and movement in design work for new textile and fibre art? And as you already know from reading this blog, looking back is the only way I know, to move forward.  So that’s...

Design Development

You know that saying, a picture’s worth a thousand words, well, that’s how I felt when I took an off-the-cuff image of a stunning Sydney coastal plant, the Gymea Lily, named by the indigenous Eora people, it also proudly denotes the suburbs of Gymea and...

Drawing: From Design to Reality

Words can often be an inadequate means of describing our thoughts or dreams.  Drawing, on the other hand, can be the choreography of constructing a design vision for all to see, without the need to utter one single word. I’ve been watching a four-part video...