New Letter Pillows Into Production
Author: Tracy Sigler | Posted: July 25th, 2008 | | Tags: Illustrator, process, Production, textiles | 8 Comments »
I’m going blind! Try staring at this stuff for a few days in a row and you’ll know what I mean. We are working on a print that will be used to make 16″ square pillows. The front of the pillow will have one large letter, and the back will have a similar pattern with a tiny anvil in the middle. I’m pretty happy with the way the graphics have turned out. These were made in Illustrator with one part multiple strokes and ten parts each of pain, suffering and tedium. It was worth it!
The letters were manipulated quite a bit to get the stripes distributed nicely. Some of them have clunky corners in spots, but I dig that because too much perfection can be boring. Depending on the letter’s shape it can be difficult to tell where the origin is.
They are already at the printer and we should have the fabric soon. Then, the real work of putting them together begins…
Any questions about how these are being made? Just post a comment.
