Plants and Flowers
To create the contemporary Stirling tartan designer Stewart Russell set about photographing indigenous plants and flowers in the Stirling area. Inspiration came from plants at the foot of the Wallace Monument including thistles, fox gloves, wild nettles and heather.
The photos were then scanned into a computer and digitalised to create patterns and individual colour palettes. This visual information was then applied to a computer programme written specifically for designing tartan.
Two sets of images were produced - some symmetrical and some asymmetrical. The asymmetrical patterns were based on original designs found in the Wilson's "Key Pattern Book" of 1819.
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