Surface Design Pattern: Designs

 

 

 

Surface Design Pattern: Research

  Research #1

  The first design is inspired by Amaranth, which is a type of grain crop. It can be used as a dye but the plant itself is beautiful color, and I think making a design based off of it would be a fun challenge. Especially since when researching to see if there was anyone who had already made a pattern based on the plant I did not succeed in finding an example.

 

 

(The above image is sourced from "https://farmdirectseed.com/products/mayo-amaranth-amaranthus-cruentus" Which is website for purchasing seeds) 

 

Research #2

The other design is going to be based on wheat. I really like botanical based designs for fabric so I enjoyed the idea of making a design based on plants. I chose amaranth for the first design because I had been wanting to use it in a project for a while and I thought since wheat is also a grain plant (and also has an interesting shape) it would be a good companion for the amaranth.

 

 

 (I chose this image since it give a good amount of range for how wheat can look at different stages in the process Source: "https://www.realsimple.com/is-wheat-bread-healthy-8418255") 

 

Research #3

This example is a stylized depiction of wheat for a piece of upholstery fabric. I liked how the wheat had been simplified, though my final design probably won't look precisely like this as I am toying with the idea of my pattern also including bread as well as dry and still growing wheat to add some more color.

 

(Image Source: "https://www.amazon.com/Ambesonne-Agriculture-Farmland-Decorative-Upholstery/dp/B07PCSBWQH")

 

A Natural Histoy of the Senses Relief Sculpture

 

Relief Sculpture Angle 1 (Above) - "Fading Violet" Styrofoam, Ink, Hot glue, Wood glue (14'' x 12'')

Detail #1 (Above) - All the shapes were hand cut from Styrofoam and then covered and shaded with ink

Detail #2 (Above) - (The coating on the top of the stryofoam repels the ink, so if you cut it away the ink permeates further into the styrofoam which results in a deeper color - the focus on the piece is how the smell of violets can't stick around due to it's chemical composition so some parts being vibrant while others are faded is intentional)  

In-progress photos (Above) - (1 - 26)

Memento

 

Full Angle 1 (Above) - "Windmills in fog" White ink, Black ink and Wood

Angle 2 (Above)

Angle 3 (Above)

Angle 4 (Above)

In Progress (Above) - (1 - 24)

Experimental Sculpture Collection

 

Sculpture #1 (Above) - "Rain drops" Ink, yarn, paper and wood framing (17'' x 3'')

 

 

Sculpture #1 (Above) - Angle 2 (Front side view)

Sculpture #1 (Above) - Angle 3 (side view)

 

Sculpture #1 (Above) - Angle 4 (Back view)

Sculpture #1 In progress (Above)

Sculpture #2 (Above) - "Dragonfly" Wire, gel medium, ink, and Painters tape (13'' x 9'') - (roughly, the shape was hard to measure)

 

 Sculpture 2 (Above) - Angle 2 (Side view)

 

Sculpture #2 (Above) - Angle 3 (Back view)

Sculpture #2 In process (Above) - (1 - 7)