
— Recordings of the February 14, 2025 event —
Thank you to everyone who attended and participated in our second annual Pattern Love Day!
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Morning Warm-up: Pattern-making prompts & prizes
In this live video with UPPERCASE editor and designer Janine Vangool, you'll start your day with some creative pattern-making prompts and some fun prizes.
The PDF download has been shared via email to all attendees. If you want access to this PDF, please sign up to The Pattern Journal, my occasional newsletter about surface pattern design.
Discover your passion for pattern with Bonnie Christine!
Whether you're new to the world of surface pattern design or are in the industry, Bonnie is full of insight and advice. Ask your questions during this live discussion.
Bonnie Christine is an internationally renowned surface pattern designer, entrepreneur, and educator. Bonnie has a deep love for flower gardening and grows all the inspiration she uses for her designs personally, cultivating a unique and personal connection to her work. This hands-on approach not only enriches her creative process but infuses her designs with a genuine touch of nature. She lives in a tiny town tucked inside the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina with her husband, David, son, Bear, and daughter, Ollie.
This free workshop (and replays) runs from February 10–19.
Immersion is open for enrollment once a year—registration begins February 18—look for a registration affiliate link from UPPERCASE and you'll get a chance for a one-on-one portfolio review and a bonus group portfolio review session with Janine.
Thank you!
Patterned Panelists: Jeanetta Gonzales, Jackie Tahara & Kate Golding
We discuss creative confidence, discovering one's style, and making a living as an artist and creative entrepreneur.
Janine Vangool is the publisher, editor and designer of UPPERCASE. Her magazine and books celebrate the process of making, the commitment to craft and the art of living creatively. Janine got her start working as a freelance graphic designer for arts and culture clients and has also taught typography and publication design at the college level. She has been a shop owner and bookseller, gallery curator, sold a line of greeting cards wholesale, made 10,000 books by hand (with lots of help!) and has sewn her own products for retail. She has four fabric collections with Windham Fabrics.
Jeanetta Gonzales is a surface designer, illustrator, and artist's coach. With over two decades of experience, she has created captivating and colourful artwork for a wide range of brands, products, and publications, including Barbie, The NY Times, Michaels, Pantone, Target and World Market. Using digital and traditional media, she creates vibrant colours, bold patterns, and art inspired by themes of nature, positivity, and inclusion. In addition to client work, she also finds joy in speaking and creating art at events, teaching online, leading art retreats, and coaching artists worldwide, facilitating career and artistic growth.
- Hourly coaching and 2 or 3-Month coaching packages.
- Skillshare classes for artists: "Developing your Signature Art Style" and "Boost your Confidence and Conquer Negative Beliefs"
- Need more clarity on your art and goals? Download the clarity workbook here.
- Newsletter for monthly online art and surface design calls and events for subscribers.
- Jeanettagonzales.com
- @nettdesigns
Jackie Tahara is a surface pattern designer based in Victoria, Canada, where she is happily surrounded by mountains, forests, beaches and the Pacific Ocean. She is completely obsessed with creating perfect, flowing and beautifully-coloured surface pattern designs primarily for home décor, wallpaper, textiles, apparel, tech accessories, stationery, and more. She has worked with several clients as a freelance designer; she has licensed numerous designs on a wide range of products; and she offers her pattern designs for sale in her various shops, including Spoonflower, Teepublic and Happywall.
Kate Golding is a British-born surface pattern and wallpaper designer based in Bonavista, Newfoundland. Inspired at an early age by her granny’s 1970’s toile de jouy curtains and the textiles in the family caravan, Kate became obsessed with pattern design, interior design and the people who encompassed these design choices. Fascinated by the small details in daily life and the beauty of her natural surroundings, Kate unites the world as she sees it with her passion for interior decoration. Kate’s designs can be found on collections of wallpaper, textiles, art prints and she also works with clients to create custom designs for special projects. Her first collection of wallpaper launched in 2016 and she now has 90 wallpapers available, spanning 7 collections. Kate’s most notable project is The Hew and Draw Hotel, located in Corner Brook, Newfoundland which features her wallpaper in the hotel’s 36 bedrooms and suites, the hotel lobby and a huge 38’ high staircase.
Live Portfolio Reviews
Share your surface design portfolio website, a pattern collection or design for constructive feedback from UPPERCASE editor and designer Janine Vangool. Be prepared to share a link to your website or work live during the call!