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New fabric designs—Bird in Leaves

Saffron Craig - Wednesday, February 24, 2010

This design came from a special moment of being at one with nature. As I watched the birds in the leaves I was awestruck by their trust in me. I was only a foot away and they just kept on at eating and playing. So close I might have touched them. During this precious moment I felt I got a feel for what they were up to. It was one of those moments that really made me feel inspired and alive.

My favourite element of this design is the negative space. I was really excited as to what I might create with the fabrics and where and how I could cut it. I even drew up bags and clothes and a quilt and tested the fabric in those patterns, having a good play before finalizing the shape and scale.

This is the third design from the Forest Elements range. Again, I made so many strike offs in this design as it worked in almost every colour way. The plan is to print more colour ways down the track.

A detail of the purple bird on the fabric to show the colours and the vibrancy of the design. It is the first time that I have used so much black, which is exciting and took a lot of thinking and research. But I found there is a lot of black out there in the fabric world. And as this is a winter range with winter just around the corner I thought it would work well.