There was a brief moment a few weeks ago when we experienced our first snow of the year, and I decided to take the time to really examine the structure of a few individual snowflakes. The immense complexity of some of nature’s most beautiful designs. The tiny, elegant forms are so perfect, and I immediately thought of one of our patterns at Scott Group Studio, W77422-Aquila. The design has a similar fragile geometric construction.

I hope that everyone has the opportunity to slow down a bit during this holiday season, and take a break to look around at all of the beauty that’s around us. Maybe you’ll become inspired to create something, too!

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Significantly scaling up the pattern added more breathing room between the open shapes. Filling in sporadic areas gives Aquila a fresh, new aesthetic and the unexpected sleek black accents keep your eye moving fluidly around the rug.

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Utilizing the small scale of the original pattern, I copied the design and reversed it on top, creating a densely textured lattice. Adding a vertical striae in the field helped to blend the two patterned layers together, uniting them in a soft and seamless way.

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Dark and saturated, this version of Aquila is turned 90 degrees on its side, and stretched vertically to take advantage of the directional pointed features in the design. I deleted some portions of the pattern to create some interesting asymmetric “holes,” and added some horizontal banding in the field to give the pattern a dimensional, overlapped appearance.

-Alyssa