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For this contest we asked competitors to create textiles that might look
at home in the Matisse paintings currently on exhibit at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Entries had to use a specified color palette. Our winner turned out to be Ewa Bursztyka, a very talented designer from Poland. Congratulations to her and to the rest of the top ten!!

The final voting results were:

1. 347 votes for matisse inspired by ravynka
2. 336 votes for pattern_matiss-1 by smalty
3. 329 votes for Rose Garden by acbeilke
4. 314 votes for Matisse_Final3 by ridley
5. 288 votes for paperflowers by sydama
6. 287 votes for Matisse_Pomegranate by yvonne_herbst
7. 274 votes for jungle birds by dennisthebadger
8. 249 votes for HenriM2 by antoniamanda
9. 239 votes for jolies fleurs no. 1 ~ Matisse citron by retrorudolphs
10. 236 votes for Les Cerises au Matin by cynthiafrenette

The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
is in the middle of a Matisse exhibition based on the art collection of
the Cone sisters of Baltimore. These two women, apart from having been
friends with Gertrude Stein, also had an interesting connection with
North Carolina and our state's textile history. In honor of the
exhibition, and in partnership with the museum, this week we challenged
designers to create fabrics that would look at home in a Matisse
painting using a restricted palette of colors. Vote for your favorites,
and we'll announce the results next week!