Issue 47 Cover Artists
Jemma Morris
(cover collage)
Jemma has considered herself an artist for as long as she can remember. Born in England and raised in the United States, Jemma is a versatile artist who has two distinct styles. Her abstract works are meditative in practice and full of vibrant luminous fluid colour while her minimalist people portraits support an overall mission to represent diversity and most importantly to cultivate cultural unity and inclusiveness.
Pantera Saint-Montaigne
(dress pattern,
figures 1 and 3)
Pantera Saint-Montaigne is a self-taught screen printer and surface pattern designer. “I live in the hustle and bustle of Ft. Greene, Brooklyn, in a brownstone building named Crumbly Manor,” she describes. “I use screen-printing, block printing and freestyle painting to create bold, modern designs that I print by hand onto textiles and home goods.”
She has been screen printing for over six years. “I always dreamed of printing larger pieces. This dream led me to donate all of my living room furniture and turn the big, airy room into my print studio and HQ of my company, Brooklyn Mojo.”
In addition to printing fabric for quilting, Brooklyn Mojo has been a vendor and sponsor at Quiltcon since 2018 was an instructor of block-printing at QuiltCon 2020 held in Austin, Texas.
Tafui McLean
(dress pattern,
figures 2 and 5)
Born in Kingston Jamaica, Tafui McLean is a multidisciplinary artist and designer whose wide range of works includes product design, graphic design and corporate branding and fine art.
She moved to Canada shortly after graduating from high school to further her studies as an artist. She attended Dawson College and Concordia University where she received her degree in design. After graduating, she moved back to Jamaica where she continued a fine art practice in addition to working as an art director and university professor. Her work quickly received critical acclaim and was highly sought after.
Tafui moved back to Ottawa, Canada in 2004 and continued work as an artist, art educator and art director for ten years. Since then, she has had her own design studio where she makes a diverse range of art and design based objects and also licenses her artwork. Known for her modern bold black and white patterns that adorn her textiles and art prints, her work can be found in various public art collections such as the Bank of Jamaica, City of Ottawa and City of Vancouver. She currently resides in Vancouver, BC.
Jeanetta Gonzales
(dress pattern,
figure 4)
California-based artist and designer Jeanetta Gonzales has a multi-disciplinary studio where she provides services in surface pattern, textile design, illustration, graphic design and brand collaborations. She licenses her work for products sold in major retailers and online stores in categories such as home decor, stationery, greeting cards and apparel. She is represented by illustration agency, Illustration X, creating commercial and editorial illustrations for publications, products and campaigns. Jeanetta also works one-on-one with artists mentoring them on their artwork development, practice and providing career advice and strategy. You can find fun gift products she designs on her website and watch her on her new YouTube channel.