Designing Like... The Great Patternmakers: William Morris, Anni Albers, MC Escher Nov Dec 2022

Welcome to the latest installment of the 'Design Like...' series! This time we take a more technical approach as we look at the work, and tricks, or some of the greatest pattern makers in art history.  How did William Morris create a Strawberry Thief that repeats? How did Escher make staircases twist? How did Anni Albers create repeat designs that were smoother than a loom shuttle and as mathematically beautiful as an early circuit board? They had tricks and techniques that worked as a technical blueprint for unlimited design styles.  In this class we will look at the work of many pattern makers through the years, and learn how to create patterning for use in background designs, borders, or pretty much anywhere using both flat paper patterns and computer technology. I will share my screen to show you how I use computer programs to create repeats and tessellations.  This may all sound abstract and impossibly technical, but if you know me... you know the profound intellectual problems I