A collection of repeating surface patterns inspired by botanical ornament, historic tile work, and European textile heritage — designed for fabric, wallpaper, and stationery applications.
The collection began with a deep dive into historic ornamental patterns — Baroque tile work, Ottoman textile motifs, Victorian botanical illustration, and Delft ceramics. The moodboard assembled these visual references into a coherent direction.
The visual territory: structured yet organic, symmetrical yet hand-drawn in feeling — patterns that feel like they could have been embroidered or block-printed, not generated.
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Visual references — ornament, tile, textile, botanical illustration
The process began with hand-drawn studies on paper and in Procreate — working out repeat logic, symmetry axes and motif relationships before moving to digital. Reference photos of historic ornament fed directly into the drawing process.
Motifs
20+
Patterns
5
Colourways
6
Hand-drawn and Procreate motif studies — repeat logic and symmetry explorations
Study 01
Study 02
Study 03
Each digital study began as a hand-drawn motif, redrawn in Illustrator and Procreate. Three main structures emerged — a flowing botanical damask, a geometric tile grid, and a mirrored floral form.
All three were taken forward into the colourway exploration phase.
With the motif studies locked in, the exploration phase tested different colourways, repeat scales, and density levels — working through which combinations felt cohesive as a collection while remaining distinct from one another.
Six colourways emerged from the process: blush pink, gold, terracotta, periwinkle blue, dusty mauve, and cream-on-cream — each rooted in European textile and interior traditions.
Colourway exploration — six palette directions across repeat patterns
Digital test print — blush on cream
Digital test print — periwinkle blue
Full collection — five patterns across six colourways on fabric rolls
Swatch book — blush + gold colourways
Swatch book — blue + mauve colourways
Swatch book — blush + gold colourways
Bedroom linen application — blush repeat
Wallpaper application — periwinkle blue
Pattern swatches — individual colourway tiles
"Patterns that feel like they could have been embroidered or block-printed, not generated."
The final collection comprises five repeating patterns across six colourways — applied to fabric rolls, swatch books, notebooks, bedlinen, and wallpaper. The system is modular: each pattern works independently and as part of the full collection.