These craft fabric and wallpaper designs are loosely inspired by the gorgeous Art Nouveau style Casa Batlló by Gaudí in Barcelona. I was inspired by this building because it suggested bones and creatures. I created my own bones and creatures - big teeth, dragonflies, and dragon claws. I hope these designs are perfect for you to use in your crafting, quilting, or re-decorating your home.
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Presenting the Craft Fabric Collection:
This first craft fabric design is inspired by the stained glass found in the windows of the building. My design is more geometric. The challenge for me, is getting a “glass” look. I did put some white hi-liting on the raised areas of the glass. But it still doesn’t really look like glass. I did put a light streak behind the glass —- sometimes my glass looks like glass and sometimes not —- a skill that I am still working on.
This second craft fabric design is inspired by the funky mosaic tiles on the facade of the building. I got a little carried away with my design including dragonflies. This is my first attempt at a mosaic tile design. All my previous tiles designs were perfect squares. I had a lot of fun making this design; tried a number of new things. Then I think, why didn’t I think of that before? Did a few revisions, and finally called it done.
This third craft fabric design is inspired by the roof tiles. Somehow my roof tiles evolved into dragon scales with claws. When I was in Brussels, I visited the Horta Museum, and Horta clearly had a dark side. His house was like going into the mouth of a fierce dragon. Fangy, toothy, crunchy. It seduced me. So some of this experience has spilled over into my interpretation of Gaudi’s Casa Batllo. Sigh.
For the last three craft fabric designs, I am taking each of the first three and making them into a “scene”.
For this design, I turned my stained glass design, into windows - with big teeth - and suggested eyes and nose. The Casa Batllo is very suggestive of bones and creatures without being literal. I could not resist being a little bit more literal with my interpretation. Sigh.
I made this design - with the big teeth and a sort of face - before my trip to Brussels.
This craft fabric design takes the dragonfly mosaic tile and turns it into a scene with shuttered windows and balconies. I re-used the dragonfly motif in the form of flowers on the old vines - and in the shadows.
And the last craft fabric design - I re-used my dragon roof tiles to make a little hobbit door scene - inspired by the decorative wood doors in the Casa Batllo. The stained glass design makes a small reprise. The dragonfly motif also gets re-used - you have to look closely to see it —— dusted in sunlight across the door and in the stucco.
Outro
I want these designs to have a somewhat real look, but I really want to explore this as art - and find a good balance of real-ish but not a photo - and an artistic style.
I had a lot of fun making these designs. I hope you enjoyed them and they inspire you in your creative and craft endeavors!