On the surface is about re-discovering a lost love for bold surface pattern print, though my research of others in the field. My own contributions, plus it history and future.

My name is Tracy Antoine. I took my first steps toward surface pattern in 1993, when I studied surface pattern design for textiles, in fashion and for furnishing. at the Cleveland College of Art and Design. but as life doesn’t always work out the way you plan it, I went on to work for Next, doing jewellery design and various other jobs.

I’m starting this blog as a tool to encourage me to start again….

One of my first designs using Adobe photo shop, a tool which marries well with the layered style in which i work. I have a liking for the organic way in which a design can form, which tends to be present in most of my work.

bold surface pattern print, for me is a begins with an image i’ve taken or a thought in my mind which won’t go away.

maybe both, if i can see away they marry aesthetically will become one.