Inspiration from Nature: Stripes

My weaving goal this year is to learn more about design. That's a huge topic so I decided to qualify that goal by using nature for my design inspiration. I figure that gives me a lot of creative leeway as I explore color, texture, shapes, and patterns; and how to translate them into weaving.

To start, I chose stripes because stripes are basic and universal in the textile arts. I've been taking photographs of anything even vaguely stripe-like. What soon became obvious is that straight lines are rare in nature! Even so, I'm finding bands of color in sunrises and my landscape, which I'm counting as inspiration for stripes.