Gothic Flourishes

Throughout history wooden flourishes have remained in vogue, bucking the trend while other fashions come and go. The humble flourish always seems to find a place in even the most contemporary interiors, appearing on the face of a drawer, around a mirror that has been finished in an interesting way, or even surrounding an exterior house number sign.

This project takes that traditional flourish and mixes it up with a more edgy gothic feel to help you add an air of magic and mystery to your woodworking creations. The medieval gothic form evolved from Romanesque which was a fusion of grand European styles with exaggerated features adding magnificent architectural elegance to history. These smooth and whimsical clipart shapes emulate that grandness and beauty and are cleverly designed to be cut on their own as well as combined together to help you create endless sublime patterns.

Use the simple leaf flourishes to create your own decadent borders such as a beautiful mantle face or an ornate mirror frame. These wood flourishes can add the perfect accent to your furniture, gift boxes, frames, plaques and other decorative accessories; either plain, painted, papered, inked, stamped or embellished. Imagine the possibility of turning your layout for a normal mirror into something you might see in a movie, just beckoning to be asked the question, “Who is the fairest of them all?”.

Even with this project having a bit of a gothic twist, it can easily work with other flourish models you may have in your library. So why not make your next flourish embellished project a little bit different or offer a slightly new take on a customer's interior or exterior design idea. These will definitely add more potential and versatility to your clipart collection!