Fabrics by Heather Ross

You might recognize some of these prints.  That goldfish one has always been one of my favorites before I ever knew who the designer was!  The whole catalyst for the NYC trip was that I went there to take a class from Heather Ross about Photoshop for Fabric Design.  There were some amazingly creative people in class with me and some designs that I would love to see printed on fabric.  Although I am pretty good with Photoshop, I did love the sneak peak in to the way Heather works and the excuse to get a lot of practice with my Wacom tablet. If you get a chance to take a class from Heather, do it.  She is laid back, ready to laugh and generous with her ideas and skills.  It was a lovely vacation from the real world.

My vintage Wacom actually was a curiosity for the Mac-geeks upstairs from our classroom.  Class was held at Tekserve on 23rd, which was awesome!  The people who worked there were so friendly and the shop itself is worth a visit.  Almost any blank surface is covered with antique technology: old radios, video cameras, a Mac signed by “Woz”.  My computer station was placed right under the latch hook apple logo!

Tekserve

I haven’t quite finished the repeat of my design from class but you can see a little sample.  Just before we started sketching, I had a conversation with the amazing Ava (Mac genius, class assistant) about being from South Dakota and after that I had to do buffaloes.  A grassy version and a dusk version.