This is a new podcast series called: In Search of a Formula for Making Patterns.

Find it at https://www.spoonflower.com/en/collections/1348617-whimsical-boho-garden-by-garabateo

Find Mercedes Cortés at: https://www.garabateo.com

On instagram at: www.instagram.com/garabateoprints/

On Spoonflower at: https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/garabateo

Find full show notes at: https://creativesignite.com/in-search-of-a-formula-for-making-patterns-analyzing-mercedes-cortes-award-winning-pattern/

I am diane gibbs, a budding surface pattern designer and host of the Creatives Ignite Podcast. As I am learning Surface Pattern Design, I've some encountered some hurdles. Because of these challenges, I want to analyze many successful surface pattern designers, what attracts me to their work, and analyze their collections and patterns to see if I can create the formula I've been needing so that the hero pattern stops eluding me.

In this series, I am digging into what makes their collections successful and try to reverse-engineer their collections, mini-collections, and specifically how they construct their hero patterns.

This week I am analyzing designer, Mercedes Cortés' Whimsical Boho Garden Mini Collection which was an award-winner in one of Spoonflower's bi-monthly challenges.

I do not personally know Mercedes but am a fan of her work and love that she has different styles. I am trying to keep these analyses under ten minutes and take you along as I look at some of my favorite surface pattern designers.

Find it at https://www.spoonflower.com/en/collections/1348617-whimsical-boho-garden-by-garabateo