Swedish Textile Design

This goal of this textile design was to create a piece that represented my swedish heritage. The actual textile is at right, and the picture at bottom is the textile being repeated which creates the final product.First, what I did was find a few images that were related to Sweden. The colors in the Swedish flag are a deep blue and bright yellow, which is why the colors of the background and flower are blue and yellow. The “Dalecarlian” horse originated as the symbol of Dalarna in Sweden and later became the symbol of all of Sweden. The woven looking background was chosen because Sweden is very known for its intricate weaving and stylish clothing that is made from crocheting or knitting. The woven background was originally a white and brown color. Using the opacity tool, hue/saturation tool, and brightness tool created the bright blue color it is now. The horse was cut from its background using the Magnetic Lasso Tool, and blurred at the edges to make it look smoother. When cutting the horse in half, the Rectangular Marquee tool was used. The flower was also cut out using the Magnetic lasso tool. Its original color was red, yellow, and blue. But by using the hue/saturation tool and the brightness/contrast tool the new color became a yellow, green, and purple color. The different sizes of the horse and flower were created using the Transform tool.


What I liked about my piece is the colors and the images I used. What I didn't like about it was the sharp overlapping look it has to it. If I could change one thing it would be to blend the images together better. From this project I learned more about photoshop tools and how to apply them. I also had to be very patient when doing this design because there was a lot of cutting and at times I had to redo the cutting of the same images.