While out boating on the Noosa River this recent boxing day, I encountered this sizeable sand bar that was being used by a large flock of roosting Crested Terns. Noosa River, QLD Aus.
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While out boating on the Noosa River this recent boxing day, I encountered this sizeable sand bar that was being used by a large flock of roosting Crested Terns. Noosa River, QLD Aus.
’Reading transports us by Su_G': My entry in Spoonflower's 'Cozy Reading' Design Challenge. (Wallpaper mockup c/o Spoonflower).
Ink pen + paper, after Lucienne Day.
© Su Schaefer 2020
I was struck by some of the really interesting things that people - often authors themselves - have said about 'reading'. A sample of those I was thinking about as I worked my design:
-- Reading transports us - to other lives, times, places. [—my version but pretty sure lots of others have also said this]
-- If there was more reading there would be less war. [—if Yoko Ono didn't say this I must have been channeling someone else]
-- Reading—the best state yet to keep absolute loneliness at bay. —William Styron
-- Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere. —Jean Rhys [my personal favourite]
and the rather more flippant:
-- People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading. —Logan Pearsall Smith
The link for voting is www.spoonflower.com/contest_voters_temp/new?contest_id=572 - open for one week only. There are 517 entries so far. Voting could be fun; even tea towel fanciers may be glad to have a rest from tea towel designs!
[Reading transports us by Su_G_wallpaper_mockup]
'Redheads Revisited by Su_G': a fresh look at an old favourite and my entry in Spoonflower's '2021 Tea Towel Calendar' Design Challenge. Shown in a tea towel mockup, c/o Spoonflower & Roostery (who will finish a tea towel for a modest additional charge).
Inkpen on paper + line art.
© Su Schaefer 2020
Includes cutting lines to make it easier to cut four tea towels from a yard of Linen Cotton Canvas (54 inches wide). Cut-and-sew: to complete the project: wash, iron, cut, hem (or zigzag) and give as gifts!
The link for voting will be www.spoonflower.com/contest_voters_temp/new?contest_id=567 - open for one week only. There are 554, no, make that 552 entries so far. Voting could be fun, especially for tea towel fanciers (I have found & given as gifts some real beauties over the years).
[Redheads Revisited, a tea towel calendar by Su_G_tea towel_mockup] 39/8
‘Paint is great by Su_G’ in cushions (mockup c/o Spoonflower & Roostery).
My entry in Spoonflower's Your Artistic Voice 500th Design Challenge.
Original: oil on canvas, impasto style.
© Su Schaefer 2020
Paint is great and painting is great fun! Cleaning brushes not so much.
The link for voting will be www.spoonflower.com/contest_voters_temp/new?contest_id=566 - open for one week only. There are 1260, no, make that 1257 entries so far (is this a record? I thought the number would crack the thousand...). Voting could be fun or massively tedious - depending on how well you deal with large amounts of information...
[Paint is great by Su_G_©SuSchaefer2020_cushions_mockup]
'Malibu + Melon Balls + Seeds (for East Fork) by Su_G': on off-white for elegant simplicity - a wallpaper mockup behind the wonderful East Fork ceramics.
Line art.
© Su Schaefer 2020
The pictures of their clay - at East Fork East Fork: how we make it - are almost as good as my pictures of paint. You just long to feel it in your hands. I really enjoyed working with the colour scheme to match the ceramics, one of the nicest ever!
See other East Fork designs in a Collection by Su_G.
[Malibu + Melon Balls + Seeds by Su_G_©SuSchaefer2020_wallpaper_mockup]
‘Paint is great by Su_G’ in a throw rug mockup (c/o Spoonflower & Roostery).
My entry in Spoonflower's Your Artistic Voice 500th Design Challenge.
Original: oil on canvas, impasto style.
© Su Schaefer 2020
Paint is great and painting is great fun! Cleaning brushes not so much.
The link for voting will be/was www.spoonflower.com/contest_voters_temp/new?contest_id=566 - open for one week only. There are 1,260 entries so far (is this a record? II thought the number would crack the thousand...). Voting could be fun or massively tedious - depending on how well you deal with large amounts of information...
[Paint is great by Su_G_©SuSchaefer2020_throw rug_mockup]
‘Painted red + green maximal by Su_G’ in placemats and napkins, tablewear mockup (c/o Spoonflower & Roostery).
My entry in Spoonflower's Maximalist Holiday Design Challenge.
Original: Metallic oil on canvas.
© Su Schaefer 2020
The link for voting is www.spoonflower.com/contest_voters_temp/new?contest_id=565 - open for one week only. There are 651 entries so far (many many more than last week - such a wide open brief is 'Maximalist Holiday'). Voting could be fun for those who like to see lots of different - and many over-the-top - festive season designs.
’East Fork Spring Cheater Quilt by Su_G': in a wallpaper mockup (c/o Spoonflower & Roostery).
Bauhaus-influenced color blocked cheater quilt in Tequila Sunrise, Malibu, Palest Pink, Gray and Dark Gray linen-weave.
Line art.
© Su Schaefer 2020
I designed this with cheater quilts in mind but I love the way it looks as wallpaper! I think it's these colours, which I'm also in love with.
See other East Fork designs in a Collection by Su_G.
[East Fork Spring Cheater Qulti by Su_G_wallpaper_mockup]
'Patriotic Public Health Buttons by Su_G': 1960s campaign style buttons in patriotic red, white and blue, pinned on a white coat! (fabric mockup c/o Spoonflower)
Hand-drawn.
© Su Schaefer 2020
Relates to 'Public health saves lives by Su_G': my psychedelic entry in Spoonflower's Designs for Good Design Challenge.
My inspiration for these came from a fabulous book of 1960s photographs which included some from around the 1968 Nixon campaign - which I have then subverted for a cause dear to my public health heart. It has been so dispiriting to have to explain over and over again that asking individuals to do things that benefit the group (keep everyone healthy) benefits the individual as well as everyone else.
[Patriotic Public Health Buttons by Su_G_fabric_mockup]
'Bats at the Crypt by Su_G' in cocktail napkins mockup (c/o Spoonflower & Roostery). I think my design looks quite cute in these little napkins (10" x 10", for a closer look: www.spoonflower.com/en/home-decor/dining/cocktail-napkins...).
My entry in Spoonflower's 'Gothic Halloween' Design Challenge.
Originals: Chalk, oil, felt pen; + Ink pen on paper
© Su Schaefer 2020
The link for voting is www.spoonflower.com/contest_voters_temp/new?contest_id=563 - open for one week only. There are 668 entries. Voting could be fun for those who like Halloween.
[Bats at the Crypt by Su_G_cocktail napkins_mockup]
As featured in the SpoonflowerMagazine, Autumn 2020 (p. 47 - www.spoonflower.com/2020-autumn-magazine) where I read that the 4-way stretch fabric also has a UPF rating of 50+.
The design is my 'ROTATED Hemp leaf pattern pearls on denim gray by Su_G': Rotated version (custom) of hemp leaf pattern pearls on soft denim gray, created by applying dots of oil paint straight from the tube.
© Su Schaefer 2019
(Terrible title but does accurately describe it!)
[ROTATED Hemp leaf pattern pearls_face-cover_SpoonflowerMagazine]
'Bats at the Crypt by Su_G' in a throw pillow mockup (c/o Spoonflower & Roostery).
My entry in Spoonflower's 'Gothic Halloween' Design Challenge.
Originals: Chalk, oil, felt pen; + Ink pen on paper
© Su Schaefer 2020
The link for voting is www.spoonflower.com/contest_voters_temp/new?contest_id=563 - open for one week only. There are 668 (down from 673) entries. Voting should be fun if you're into Halloween...
[Bats at the Crypt by Su_G_throw pillows_mockup]
'Vines on a Wall by Su_G' in a cushion mockup
My entry in Spoonflower's 'Climbing Vines Wallpaper' Design Challenge.
Hand-drawn + line art.
© Su Schaefer 2020
The link for voting will be www.spoonflower.com/contest_voters_temp/new?contest_id=562 - open for one week only. There were 709 entries in this contest (not as many as the many many many entries feared). So far I have seen many unique & interesting designs that should make voting fun.
[Vines on a Wall by Su_G_cushion_mockup]
'Eccentric mushrooms by Su_G' in cushion/ pillow mockups (c/o Spoonflower & Roostery)
My entry in the Spoonflower 'Mushrooms' Design Challenge.
Hand-drawn + line art.
© Su Schaefer 2020
The link for voting was www.spoonflower.com/contest_voters_temp/new?contest_id=561 - open for one week only. There were 966 entries in this contest (hundreds more than the last contest). Many lovely designs made it an enjoyable - if lengthy - vote.
[Eccentric mushrooms by Su_G_cushion_mockups]
Fabric, wallpaper, and upholstery items by Paysmage.
Choose already sewn items, or buy fabric to make them by yourself
Available at :
Fabric :
www.spoonflower.com/fabric/10324992-xl-bubbles-bokeh-1-ca...
Collection :
www.spoonflower.com/collections/352618-bokeh-circles-mult...
Fabric, wallpaper, and upholstery items by Paysmage.
Choose already sewn items, or buy fabric to make them by yourself
Available at :
Fabric :
www.spoonflower.com/fabric/10324992-xl-bubbles-bokeh-1-ca...
Collection :
www.spoonflower.com/collections/352618-bokeh-circles-mult...
Fabric, wallpaper, and upholstery items by Paysmage.
Choose already sewn items, or buy fabric to make them by yourself
Available at :
Fabric :
www.spoonflower.com/fabric/10324992-xl-bubbles-bokeh-1-ca...
Collection :
www.spoonflower.com/collections/352618-bokeh-circles-mult...
Fabric, wallpaper, and upholstery items by Paysmage.
Choose already sewn items, or buy fabric to make them by yourself
Available at :
Fabric :
www.spoonflower.com/fabric/10324992-xl-bubbles-bokeh-1-ca...
Collection :
www.spoonflower.com/collections/352618-bokeh-circles-mult...
'Tools for Writers, Printers, Readers: Drawn Alphabet by Su_G' - face cover mockups (c/o Spoonflower & Roostery)
My entry in the Spoonflower's Small-Scale Tools of the Trade Design Challenge.
Hand-drawn with 'digital' pen.
© Su Schaefer 2020
When I started thinking about small scale tools of the trade for this contest (which I understood as meaning that the tools were small) the alphabet came last after 6 or 7 other ideas, but then it stuck. Our alphabet has a long and fascinating provenance and could make a fun and non-frightening theme for face covers: so I made it bright and colorful! --This advertisement brought to you by the letter 'S'.
The link for voting was www.spoonflower.com/contest_voters_temp/new?contest_id=560 - open for one week only. There were 505 entries in this contest, addressing an amazing variety of tools and trades.
[Tools for Writers, Readers, Printers by Su_G_face covers_mockups]
'Tiny maneki neko lucky cats in strips by Su_G' in face cover mockups (c/o Spoonflower & Roostery) © Su Schaefer 2015
I think these 'lucky cat' motifs could make nice, non-threatening face coverings, and they feel appropriate as I feel we're going to need all the luck we can get in the coming times.
Spoonflower has a "Buy one, we donate one (partnership with Masks Now)" offer too.
Each tiny lucky cat is a little more than an inch/ 2.5 cm high, and there are 6 strips of 9 cats to an 8 inch/ 20 cm square fabric test swatch.
For a closer look and lots more details, see www.spoonflower.com/en/masks/DIY-face-mask-kit/4610551-tiny-maneki-neko-lucky-cats-strips-by-su-g-suschaefer-by-su_g
[Tiny maneki neko lucky cats in strips by Su_G_face cover_mockups]