SURFACE PATTERN DESIGN PORTFOLIO
Original artwork with the potential to become a distinctive collection
Explore the surface pattern design portfolio of Croatian artist Klara Ivanović, featuring original patterns, botanical illustrations and product applications created for fashion, textiles, interiors and lifestyle products. Selected artwork is available for licensing, adaptation or custom brand collaborations.
SELECTED WORK
A focused portfolio shaped by art, nature and product possibility
Fosca Dalmatica’s portfolio brings together original watercolours, hand-drawn botanical motifs, repeat patterns, placement compositions and selected applications on finished products.
Rather than presenting a large catalogue of disconnected designs, the portfolio focuses on a recognisable artistic direction that can be developed around the needs of a specific brand, product and customer.
Some works are available as existing designs, while others may serve as a starting point for a broader custom collection, including supporting patterns and a coordinated product family.
CREATIVE SIGNATURE
A Mediterranean visual language, developed by hand
Klara Ivanović’s work begins with observation, drawing and painting.
Mediterranean botanical forms, cultivated gardens, weathered surfaces and the changing colours of the coastal landscape are translated into expressive motifs with a tactile, human quality.
Watercolour, ink, painted texture and hand-drawn line remain visible within the final artwork, giving each design a character that is difficult to reproduce through purely digital image-making.
These original elements are then refined through digital pattern development, allowing the artwork to move across different materials, scales and product categories while retaining its artistic identity.
FEATURED DESIGN DIRECTION
Fig Garden
A botanical pattern direction inspired by the quiet abundance of Mediterranean fig gardens.
Fig Garden explores the sculptural leaves, ripening fruit and deep natural contrasts of the Mediterranean fig tree.
Developed from original hand-painted botanical elements, the design balances organic movement with a considered repeat structure. Its natural forms and adaptable colour direction make it suitable for fashion textiles, scarves, resort pieces, decorative fabrics and selected interior applications.
The current hero pattern can be licensed as an existing design or developed further through additional colourways, supporting coordinates and product-specific compositions.
Created from original watercolour studies, the hand-painted fig leaves and fruit preserve the organic variation, texture and expressive detail that define the Fig Garden design.
COLOUR & MATERIAL DIRECTION
A soft botanical palette developed to work across natural fibres, printed textiles and tactile interior surfaces while preserving the delicate character of the original watercolour.
Applied across bedding and soft furnishings, Fig Garden creates a calm botanical environment and demonstrates how the hero pattern could expand into a coordinated interior textile collection.
WEARABLE APPLICATION
The Fig Garden artwork translated into a silk scarf composition, showing how the botanical motif retains its detail, movement and identity when worn.
CREATIVE DIRECTION
Mediterranean botanical · expressive · natural · refined
CURRENT FORMAT
Original botanical motifs developed into a repeat pattern
POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS
Fashion textiles · scarves · resort products · decorative textiles · wallcoverings
DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS
Alternative colourways · supporting coordinates · scale adaptation · placement compositions
AVAILABILITY
Available for licensing enquiries and selected custom development
SELECTED PORTFOLIO WORK
Original motifs ready to move in new directions
This selection presents individual patterns, illustrations and visual studies from the evolving Fosca Dalmatica portfolio. Each work demonstrates a different aspect of the studio’s artistic language—from expressive botanical compositions and watercolour detail to colour development and repeat-pattern structure. Selected works may be licensed in their existing form, adapted for a specific product, or used as the creative foundation for a wider custom collection.
SELECTED FAUNA PATTERNS
Available for custom development
SELECTED FLORAL PATTERNS
Selected portfolio work
SELECTED ABSTRACT & ANIMAL PRINTS
Custom-developed for fashion and swimwear brands
These patterns were developed for previous client projects across fashion and swimwear. They are presented as examples of custom print development and are not available for licensing. New original artwork can be developed for selected brand collaborations.
IN-HOUSE FASHION & PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE
During an 18-month role as Lead Textile & Fashion Designer at Caspar Create, Klara Ivanović worked across original print development, repeat scale, colourways, garment design and Illustrator-based pattern construction. Selected designs moved through production and runway presentation.
Pattern and garment design for Caspar Create
Lead Textile & Fashion Designer — Caspar Create
PROJECT TYPE:
In-house design role
SCOPE:
Original print development, colourways, repeat scale, garment design and Illustrator-based pattern construction
APPLICATION:
Womenswear collection development and production
STATUS:
Produced and runway-presented
CUSTOM COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT
A strong product collection does not begin with a predetermined number of patterns. It begins with a clear understanding of the brand, customer, product category, and intended market.
For selected collaborations, an existing Fosca Dalmatica design may become the starting point for a wider coordinated collection. Alternatively, a new creative direction can be developed from the initial brief.
Depending on the project, a custom collection may include a hero pattern, supporting coordinates, placement illustrations, alternative colourways and product-specific compositions.
The final structure is defined according to what the product range genuinely requires, rather than adding unnecessary designs to reach an arbitrary number.
A custom collection may include:
• one principal hero pattern
• supporting secondary patterns
• simple coordinates or textural designs
• placement illustrations
• alternative colourways
• scale and composition variations
• artwork adapted to selected product formats
PATTERNS IN APPLICATION
Artwork developed beyond the screen
Fosca Dalmatica’s own silk and resort collections provide real-world examples of how original artwork can be translated into textile products.
The process extends beyond placing a pattern on a mockup. It requires decisions about composition, scale, colour, material, printing and the way artwork changes when it moves, folds or is worn.
Original watercolour illustrations have been developed into silk scarf compositions, repeat patterns, pareos and connected resort pieces. These applications demonstrate the studio’s ability to consider both the artistic character of a design and its relationship with the final product.
ORIGINAL ARTWORK DEVELOPED IN-HOUSE
TEXTILE COMPOSITIONS PREPARED FOR PRODUCTION
CREATIVE DIRECTION
Mediterranean botanical · expressive · natural · refined
CURRENT FORMAT
Original botanical motifs developed into a repeat pattern
POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS
Fashion textiles · scarves · resort products · decorative textiles · wallcoverings
DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS
Alternative colourways · supporting coordinates · scale adaptation · placement compositions
AVAILABILITY
Available for licensing enquiries and selected custom development
ARTWORK AVAILABILITY
Portfolio availability may change as artwork is licensed, reserved or developed for selected collaborations.
If a particular design or visual direction is relevant to your project, send an enquiry with the intended product, territory, timeline and required level of exclusivity. I will confirm availability and recommend the most suitable licensing or development option.
Could this visual language belong to your next collection?
If the Fosca Dalmatica aesthetic feels relevant to your brand, I would be pleased to learn more about the product and creative direction you are developing.
You do not need to select a finished design before making contact. Share your project requirements, and I will recommend an existing artwork, a suitable development direction or a custom collaboration.