Rachael Taylor

Rachael Taylor is a surface pattern designer, illustrator, author and teacher from the Wirral. She has a variety of experience in different fields and uses both screen-printing and digital software for her design work.

"Her entire range of work showcases colours & patterns that are spontaneous, as Rachael loves to draw with her right & left hand & sometimes even with her eyes closed. This way her patterns are unique & full of energy; she takes inspiration from everything around her & a lot of her motifs even come from her own mood & personality!"

I particularly liked this design which uses some sort of plant as a motif.

I think the way she only used a few small circles of colour makes the design really interesting. I really like the way she used a continuous line to add texture/pattern to the leaves. I also like the range of line thickness throughout the design as I think it adds more to the pattern as a whole.

I will try to use a variety of line thicknesses in my design for our Surface Pattern unit.