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Adobe Home
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When I originally designed the Adobe Home and Adobe in the Moonlight patterns, they were snippets of watercolor ideas in motion. There were adobe bricks here, a saguaro or two there, flowers and blooms from cactus, as well as rocks and pebbles as walkways and paths. There were also saguaro ribs and ocotillo lines and prickly pear cactus randomly placed on paper. It wasn’t until I started to place them together that a multi-layered storytelling image appeared. For those who are unfamiliar with adobe, it is mud brick usually made from earth, water and straw or grass to help bind...