Ferns Pattern Design
The Origins of Ferns Pattern
These designs are based on my Blue Star Ferns Phlebodium – which is not like a normal fern. Despite all these leaves looking like they came from different plants they are all from the same plant!
Keeping Leaves
As the plant shed leaves I photographed each one for reference. Most of the leaves don’t lie flat so have had to tape them down to record their shapes.
Design Progression
I had originally wanted to use the real leaves as they are a rather beautiful blue colour but as you can see here they are not only inconsistent they are very wonky!
Most of the leaves had to be doctored when I made them all white. Curving the stems and moving some of the leaflets has helped to perfect nature – perhaps.
Colour Variations
I kept all of the leaves white then altered the background colour. I have a vast range of swatches of my favourite colours so the nice job was working through all of them to find the best combinations.
