That is a great question. I didn't know what it was until April 2023 when I stumbled upon a short course by Anne LaFollett called Doodles to Dollars. For $10 I got completely hooked. Surface Pattern Design is basically the design of patterns in either Adobe Illustrator, Procreate, Adobe Photoshop and other design tools that will go on a surface such as fabric, paper, stoneware, and more.
I'm so glad you asked! Right now, I have my designs primarily at https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/pollinatepanoply, which is a print-on-demand platform. This means that you can order a design you like from me, or another designer, in fabric, wallpaper, bedding, pillows and much more and the company will print it up just for you and ship it to you. You can also find me at https://society6.com/danaae3. And, you are always welcome to email me at pollinatepanoply@gmail.com
Just email me at pollinatepanoply.com to discuss licensing. I would be very happy to work with you to get the collection just as you would like it!
For now, Spoonflower and Society6 are the best way to purchase my designs. However, I am available to make bespoke pieces with my designs, upon request. Just email me at pollinatepanoply.com
I do! I just designed a piece for a friend to replace a purse she bought many years ago. It isn't exactly the same, of course, but it is inspired by the purse she loves so much and can't find now. I am also excited to make designs with children's art work. I can't promise I can do anything and everything, but I would love to discuss your ideas and see if I can bring them to life for you. Just email me at pollinatepanoply.com and let's see what we come up with.
Good question. I am very concerned about the plight of our pollinators and other insects. And, by pollinators I don't mean honeybees, although I do love honey and the bees that make it. But, our native pollinators (think bumblebees, native bees, butterflies, etc) do a huge amount of the work that provides us humans with over 85% of the food and fiber we rely on for life, not to mention they are food for birds, fish and other animals and their populations are CRASHING! It is a silent crisis. So, that is the Pollinate piece. I want to raise awareness of this crisis and share some ideas about how we can help. Panoply is a rather archaic, musical word for the assemblage of armor that a knight would wear and it has come to mean a collection of something, in this case ... designs. And, well, I love alliteration so I asked my son for a word that starts with "P" and he gave me Panoply.
My go-to for everything pollinator is the non-profit organization, Xerces. Here is their website: https://www.xerces.org/
I have written a segment in my personal blog about how to create a pollinator garden. You can find it here: https://bigheartbigsky.wordpress.com/2022/09/26/how-to-create-your-own-pollinator-garden/
And, we presented a class through Santa Fe Community College on Pollinators and how to create a Pollinator Garden which you can find here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gZhrO3_qkKsCRfAO5rS8E0x967MGdClQ/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=103672848632077780618&rtpof=true&sd=true
I am sure that I will, eventually. I will, very soon, get some pieces of clothing on the website as examples of what can be ordered as bespoke items, custom made for you. The jewelry is more complicated and I am not sure when I will be able to organize that, but if you sign up for my email list then I can send out notifications when I am doing pop-ups in WA, NM and CA. For the forseeable future, fabrics will be available through Spoonflower, since they do such a great job with them and offer so many fabulous types of fabric, including organic and recycled fabrics. As always, please feel free to contact me at pollinatepanoply.com with any special requests.
