Duckbill
- Duckbill
- Capitalizing on the aerodynamic beauty of a duck’s head, Anna applied Mid-Century decorative style to the bird’s head, bill, and eye. A memorable silhouette in energetic, contrasting colorways. Available in tangerine/aquatic blues and steel/crimson.
Description
Capitalizing on the aerodynamic beauty of a duck’s head, Anna applied Mid-Century decorative style to the bird’s head, bill, and eye. A memorable silhouette in energetic, contrasting colorways. Available in tangerine/aquatic blues and steel/crimson.
Fields
Pattern Design, Textile Design, Visual Arts
Date
2011
Other Projects
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Simply Paper Cutting
A DIY book that adapts my fine art paper-cuts into 15 projects for the craft market.
2012
Crafts, Pattern Design, Product Design
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Canvas Art Triptych
I produced this triptych for the Beverly Hills Greater Los Angeles Association of Realtors, who needed art for their newly renovated board room. Black Crow Studios/Tracy Hiner transformed my hand-cut paper art into digital canvases.
2012
Digital Art, Drawing, Fine Arts
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Digital Fabric for Interweave and Stitch Magazine
Interweave publications hired me to create 3 paper-cut patterns which would then be turned into vector art for digital fabric. To read more about this project, read my blog: http://www.annabondoc.com/blogs/blog/6285984-my-first-digital-fabric-for-interweave-magazines.
2012
Pattern Design, Textile Design
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School Door Numbers
Sometimes designers get lucky and are asked to do a pro bono job that's a delight from end to end. This was one of those projects.
Dr. Kristin Droege, Principal of Larchmont Charter School West Hollywood (LCW), asked me to create door numbers for all classroom doors. Dr. Droege knew that I specialized in paper cut designs and gave me free rein -- the only stipulation being that the numbers be "bright and fun." So I capitalized on the school's affiliation with Alice Waters' Edible Schoolyard Project and crafted patterns with garden vegetable motifs.
If you look closely, each pattern illustrates its corresponding numeral. For example Door Number 3 features trios of Eggplants topped with triple-leaf stems and 3 shades of purple. Proof that designers and math play well together! 2011 Graphic Design, Pattern Design, Textile Design -
Buffet Cards for Traditional Home magazine
For a show-stopping party spread, use these graphic tabletop cards to let guests know what’s on the menu, what’s in a dish, or who’s sitting where. Each Paper-Cut Cherry Tomato, Baguette, Wheat Stalk, Butternut Squash, Garlic or Red Pepper/Eggplant card comes with a separate label for handwriting a guest’s name or menu item. Card comes with a separate label for handwriting a guest’s name or menu item. Vertical, larger cards are perfect for listing the entire menu or table number. You’ll want to keep these intricate hand-cut, layered works of art or send them home as party favors for guests.
As seen in Traditional Home Magazine (May 2011), page 76
Photography By Dominique Vorillon, Courtesy of Traditional Home Magazine 2011 Pattern Design, Product Design, Textile Design -
Colony
In this fresh take on a landscape, Anna took the playful blue shapes left behind after cutting her "Fruited Plane" pattern, nested them in her signature style, then arranged them in a high-contrast composition of orange, crimson red, and bright white.
2011
Fine Arts, Pattern Design, Textile Design
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Kyoto Pathway
While poring through books on the Japanese tea ceremony, Anna was entranced by the garden’s wabi sabi stepping stones, nested among green tea-colored grass. This inviting path is brightened with crimson and espresso accents.
2011
Pattern Design, Textile Design, Fine Arts
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Petal Cascade
In search of an alternative to the typical floral pattern, Anna explored the beauty of a flower deconstructed, its individual petals laid side to side. Aperfect harmony of curves and points plus triangular flourishes in between. Available in grass green/pool blue/yellow and sunshine yellow/steel blue/true blue.
2011
Fine Arts, Pattern Design, Textile Design
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Pattern in Flight
A fan of both the Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau movements, Anna cut motifs that celebrated both styles' sinuous elegance. The pattern's petal- and wing-like shapes appear to fly in tandem. Available in avocado/lavender and light gray/high noon yellows.
As a bonus, the shapes left behind on her cutting mat give Anna instant fodder for new designs. We like to think of it as “recycling by design." 2011 Fine Arts, Pattern Design, Textile Design -
Kimonos in Flight
An avid follower of Japanese design, Anna was taken by a kimono on display, its sleeves outstretched. She cut and repeated the garment’s shape, then filled the negative spaces between. Presto! An open book appeared, which suited her just fine. Available in aqua /espresso/high noon yellows and lavender-gray/pine/high noon yellows.
2011
Visual Arts, Pattern Design, Textile Design
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Scandinavia
Anna finds inspiration in the various art books she collects. In this case she fell for the graceful curves and goose neck of a bulbous Scandinavian metal pitcher. She rotated the motifs and added lively interior accents, giving this unusual pattern its energy and humor. In caper green/rose pink/beige.
As a bonus, the shapes left behind on her cutting mat give Anna instant fodder for new designs. We like to think of it as “recycling by design." 2011 Pattern Design, Textile Design, Fine Arts -
Winged
"Winged" was inspired by Anna's chance encounter in the desert with a raven that was hovering on an updraft directly above her. The pattern's abstract motif is a bird's wing stripped to its aerodynamic curves and points. Available in purple gray/limestone outline/tangerine/goldenrod.
2011
Pattern Design, Textile Design, Fine Arts
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Fruited Plane
A beach stone collector, Anna sketched their wave-smoothed shapes, then cut an intricate interior to add excitement. This transformed the stones into luscious, ripe fruit, cut into cross-section and ready to eat. Available in Chinese red lantern/lemon chiffon and espresso/pool blue.
2011
Pattern Design, Textile Design, Visual Arts
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Haiku Design Pod
This intriguing arrangement was born of Anna's goal to create detailed beauty inside very small canvases. The result? Tiny, gem-like 2" x 3" compositions arranged four across and four down. These 16one-of-a-kind, sometimes mysterious compositions capture the spirit ofhaiku: distilled beauty born of limitation.
2011
Fine Arts, Pattern Design, Textile Design
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Modern Hoofprint Nameplate
Were these prints left by a hippo? A futuristic horse? Anna’s fun take on pawprints will spark kids’ imaginations — and those of parents who love modern abstract design. A sophisticated palette of deepest blue, navel orange, steelblue, and pale green. Child’s name rendered in custom font.
2011
Fine Arts, Pattern Design, Textile Design
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Blast Off! Nameplate
Sleek retro orange and pale blue rockets head skyward, earth-ward,and even sideways in a night-blue sky filled with twinkling butter yellow stars. Child’s name rendered in custom font.
2011
Fine Arts, Pattern Design, Textile Design
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Bumper to Bumper Nameplate
What is kid-friendly traffic? A sunrise orange road filled with brightyellow buggies with friendly cobalt blue headlights and a grill that practicallysmiles. Child’s name rendered in custom font.
2011
Fine Arts, Pattern Design, Textile Design
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Modern Hearts Nameplate
Have a heart — or 3 or 4! Anna’s fresh take on this iconic shape is done in her signature curves and points. The design's tomato red, yam orange, and pool blue color combination lasts beyond Valentine’s Day and into an entire childhood. Child’s name rendered in custom font.
2011
Fine Arts, Pattern Design, Textile Design
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Stained Glass Butterfly Nameplate
Who says butterflies can't have a strong personality? Fluttering this way and that, these beauties' intense gem-like blues are balanced by the delicate pink landscape they float in. Child’s name rendered in custom font.
2011
Fine Arts, Pattern Design, Textile Design
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Flower Geometry Nameplate
Sure, the petals are beautiful, but don’t forget the stems, too. Anna uses their linear elegance as a framing device in this design that celebrates the Arts and Crafts style. In calming butter yellow and field green brightened by purple and orange floral accents. Child’s name rendered in custom font.
2011
Fine Arts, Pattern Design, Textile Design