Luca's Inferno

If you’ve worked any of my patterns before you may have noticed my introductions usually include the inspiration for the design and fun facts I found interesting while researching that particular project. I give everyone the backstory to the design. This one has a longer story than the rest:

In the spring of 2018 the eruption of Kilauea was all I saw on the nightly news. Around the same time California began burning. Every evening while I worked on Strigidae Bubo I saw fire consuming countryside, homes, lives. Pictures and videos were being shared on social media of hillsides burning, driving roads surrounded by fire, lava flowing, smoke, explosions, everything burning. The night photography captivated me. I saw the beauty in all of the destruction.