All designs by fabienne good
Whimsical, colourful and juxtaposed are three words to best describe Fabienne Good’s surface pattern designs. Born and raised in Canada by European parents, Fabienne has always enjoyed immersing herself into new cultures, settings and situations.
Description:
Covid-19 has been on my mind a lot…as an escape, I started working on bright and colourful pattern designs featuring this little bird that I often see - that likes to grace me with it’s presence: the myna bird. I read that they were introduced to Singapore as pets – but were released into the “wild”. In my patterns I depicted the myna as a very colourful bird, with a tiger print cape - as my sister noted! This past weekend, I Skyped with my mother (I had sent her photos of some process work) and she was intrigued by this “beautiful bird”. While talking about it, I remembered that the “Myna bird” was the name of a store, back when I was in high school that sold very colourful clothing from South America. I grew up in a small town…so this store was pretty unique! Some of us would save up our money to buy some funky colourful pants and other clothes to wear at school – particularly on dark gloomy days or exam days – just to brighten up the mood! So these pieces are much more of a personal journey of how I/we cope with dark times – by ADDING COLOUR!