Design projects • • • Surface Pattern Design
Surface Pattern Design
East Fork X Spoonflower Design Competition
In spring 2023, I won a design competition hosted by Spoonflower and East Fork, for the latter’s seasonal ceramic glaze colors. My interview for Spoonflower blog feature can be found here.
![surface pattern design by Sophia Adalaine Zhou or piglets in the flower field](../projects/surface-patterns/images/PigletsInTheFlowerField_fatquarter.jpg)
My piece “Piglets In the Flower Field” was inspired by the names of East Fork’s spring glazes, Butter and Piglet. I created a litter of piglets playing in a field of buttercups and daisies.
![surface pattern design by Sophia Adalaine Zhou or piglets in the flower field](../projects/surface-patterns/images/SpoonflowerEastFork_competition2.jpeg)
![surface pattern design by Sophia Adalaine Zhou or piglets in the flower field](../projects/surface-patterns/images/SpoonflowerEastFork_competition1.jpg)
Spoonflower Small Business Grant
In fall 2023, I won a Spoonflower Small Business Grant, which support handmade business owners, for my business Taneko Says Hello. Grant winners and runners up can be found here.
![tote bag featuring Meow-Bao the Catloaf surface pattern design by Sophia Adalaine Zhou](../projects/surface-patterns/images/MeowBao_1.jpg)
This grant helped me expand my business’ new tote bag collection, featuring custom printed fabric printed with my surface pattern designs.
![Lemon Shark surface pattern design by Sophia Adalaine Zhou](../projects/surface-patterns/images/TanekoSaysHello--LemonSharks.png)
![Holiday Cactus Cat surface pattern design by Sophia Adalaine Zhou](../projects/surface-patterns/images/TanekoSaysHello--HolidayCacti.png)
![Oni-giri the Demon Rice Ball surface pattern design by Sophia Adalaine Zhou](../projects/surface-patterns/images/TanekoSaysHello--Onigiri.png)