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Surface Pattern Design

East Fork X Spoonflower Design Competition

In spring 2023, I won a design competition hosted by Spoonflower and East Fork, for the latter’s seasonal ceramic glaze colors. My interview for Spoonflower blog feature can be found here.

surface pattern design by Sophia Adalaine Zhou or piglets in the flower field

My piece “Piglets In the Flower Field” was inspired by the names of East Fork’s spring glazes, Butter and Piglet. I created a litter of piglets playing in a field of buttercups and daisies.

surface pattern design by Sophia Adalaine Zhou or piglets in the flower field surface pattern design by Sophia Adalaine Zhou or piglets in the flower field

Spoonflower Small Business Grant

In fall 2023, I won a Spoonflower Small Business Grant, which support handmade business owners, for my business Taneko Says Hello. Grant winners and runners up can be found here.

tote bag featuring Meow-Bao the Catloaf surface pattern design by Sophia Adalaine Zhou

This grant helped me expand my business’ new tote bag collection, featuring custom printed fabric printed with my surface pattern designs.

Lemon Shark surface pattern design by Sophia Adalaine Zhou Holiday Cactus Cat surface pattern design by Sophia Adalaine Zhou Oni-giri the Demon Rice Ball surface pattern design by Sophia Adalaine Zhou