Inspirational images

G A I N I N G  I D E A S 

After finding it difficult to begin my project with confidence, I decided to go right back to the beginning and think simply about myself and what it is that makes me 'tick'. From colours, to periods in time, to styles, and influences, I want to rewind right back to find myself. 

These images I particularly love looking at. They are taken from the 2009 London Design Festival. The vintage furniture covered in antique fabrics has been designed and created by Lebanese designers Hoda Baroudi and Maria Hibri.  

My passion I would say, are old, original, unique and quirky objects. As long as these boxes are ticked I will find them interesting. 

These chairs fit my criteria. 

The original shape of the chair and beautiful colour palette leads me to want to look at this image all day. I  especially enjoy looking at the fine wooden vintage legs on the chair.

Reflective of Liverpool

J A K O B  K O L D I N G 

 Jakob Kolding's work caught my eye during my visit to the Liverpool Biennial. In the Blue coats gallery I came across a huge wall of black and white print which interested me quickly.

Kolding's exhibit reminded me of the pattern and structure of the clothing in the 1980's, and the trends which are in the high street shops currently. The pattern is what most intrigued me as from a distance the diamond shapes were aesthetically pleasing and close up a different message was shown through both text and image which I had not expected. 

I love the originality of Kolding's work as well as its simplicity. Black on white, text and image. His work goes back to the basics but is still effective. From looking at his piece called 'perspectives' I realised that it was exactly this that I had learnt, as i didn't expect the close up image to be so in depth. His piece shows that it can physically look very different to the eye from a distance and from close up, but also you can interpret his piece from several perspectives. 

I particularly liked the use of size within Kolding's work, this is because there is no way that you could possibly miss it; maybe this is the message he is trying to portray. Through Kolding's work it is easy to see that he examines different concepts of space. He uses urban and suburban space and his focus seems to be on complex political conditions of city life, extending to more abstract notions of space including mental and psychological ones. Throughout his work it has been crucial for Kolding to never consider these different spheres as entirely separate, but, on the contrary, to see space as a process of interrelations, as constant movement, and never simply as a static physical form. His work, I think therefore brings together a variety of subjects such as literature, architecture and art.

After being inspired by Jakob Kolding's work I have created my own piece which links back to my project on Journeys. This piece refers to the muddled and chaotic journey we take through everyday life.

Induction Brief

S U M M E R  K I T E  P R O J E C T

After research into cultural kites and festivals, I decided to base my kite on a Malaysian theme. I looked into Wau Bulan kites and Wau Merak. Wau Merak means peacock kite and this is why the kite has a bird like structure. The frame of this style of kite are made from bamboo and decorative patterns and designs are used to allow the kite to remain eye catching.

 To decorate my kite I firsty lightly tie dyed the fushia material, so that lighter patches would show over the wings of the kite. I then created stencils of various patterns using symmetrical designs and then painted these onto my fabric. I then also embroidered onto some on the paint work. The tassels on a Wau Merak kite are meant to be visible in the sky, and so to achieve this I decided to use a large colour range and dip dyed the ends of the tassels.

 This is my kite shown on a grafiti style background. The darker paints enable the tassels of the kite to show up really well.

A contrasting photograph against flowers.