Pattern Sourcebook: Japanese Style: 250 Patterns for Projects and Designs

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A collection of traditional Japanese patterns plus a CD ROM companion featuring 250 for use in design work Pattern design has a long history on the Japanese culture. This book presents a collection of carefully selected traditional Japanese patterns in 60 categories for use by designers and artists in their projects and personal work. An companion CD ROM provides 250 patterns in high-definitional JPEG format along with PSD format from which you can freely manipulate and modify the patterns to customize them for your own use. This is an inspirational and highly practical reference and sourcebook for anyone working in the area of visual art. Contents Chapter 1 Plants/Spring Spring Grasses Cherry Blossoms — 1 Cherry Blossoms — 2 Cherry Blossoms — 3 Wisteria Peony — 1 Peony — 2 Climbing rose rendered on a Yuzen print A rendition of seedling ferns on a dyed light cotton summer kimono Chapter 2 Plants/Summer Summer Grasses Japanese Water Iris Ivy Clematis Morning Glory and Bottle Gourd Hollyhock Arrowhead Komon kimono “Eggplant” Komon kimono ”Fireworks” Chapter 3 Plants/Autumn Autumn Grasses – 1 Autumn Grasses – 2 Autumn Grasses – 3 Chrysanthemum – 1 Chrysanthemum – 2 Chrysanthemum – 3 Chrysanthemum – 4 Bush Clover Turning Leaves Komon kimono “Chestnut” Komon kimono “Paulownia” Chapter 4 Plants/Winter Camellia – 1 Camellia – 2 Daffodils Plum - 1 Plum – 2 Plum – 3 Pine Bamboo Komon kimono “cylindrical semi-circular hail” Komon kimono “dew-drenched grass and bundles of straw” Chapter 5 Creatures Birds Insects Fish and Animals Komon kimono “crane and turtle among a variety of treasures” Komon kimono “water and rain dragon pattern” Chapter 6 Waves/Flowing Water Waves and Flowing Water – 1 Waves and Flowing Water – 2 Waves and Flowing Water – 3 Waves and Flowing Water – 4 Waves and Flowing Water – 5 Waves and Flowing Water – 6 Waves and Flowing Water – 7 Waves rendered on an unbelted women’s garment Waves rendered using the stencil-dye technique Wave crest rendered on a twill Noh costume Chapter 7 Arabesque Arabesque – 1 Arabesque – 2 Arabesque – 3 Arabesque – 4 Arabesque – 5 Arabesque bellfl ower rendered on a cotton garment Stencil-dyed arabesque hollyhock Chapter 8 Geometry Stripes – 1 Stripes – 2 Stripes – 3 Lattice – 1 Lattice – 2 Circles Linked hemp leaves Mountain roads Chapter 9 Utensils/Formats Utensils Tortoise Shell – 1 Tortoise Shell – 2 Tachiwaku Characters Yusoku Arabesque yusoku