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.
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