Poimintoja pattern family

The Poimintoja pattern collection is available for licensing through my design agent Patternsfrom Agency. The collection consists of three patterns, Poimintoja, Palkit, and Kohti korkeuksia, which were created while I was sketching for the Brooklyn Art Library’s Sketchbook Project. 

First I painted the papers. For the floral patterns, I used solid surfaces and for the abstract pattern Palkit, I made vertical stripes. Then I cut out shapes of flowers and leaves. The stripes I cut to horizontal strips, breaking the lines, and placed those on the sketchbook page in a different order, leaving gaps between them.

The final patterns are finished on a computer. I used the sketches as a base because I wanted to keep the hand-made feel of the slightly variating repetition rhythm and texture. Depending on the colors of the pattern, on a small scale, the texture can be just a blending detail, or on a bigger scale, more rough and visible.

The look and scale of these, as any other patterns, can be adjusted according to the use of the pattern. Don’t hesitate to ask me if you like the patterns and want to know how it would work with your technique & products!