its been finals this week, and i just got out of my last class. i grabbed something to eat and came home and right now im putting off cleaning my apartment from tornado finals. what with projects and a new job, its been pretty hectic.
for this project, we had to research an artist on an era that we had studied in our history of fibers class and find how one influenced the other. i made the link that william morris had used old persian and turkish motifs and design aesthetics, so the project was to combine the two to create a different kind of artwork. as much as i hate william morris, this project wasnt that bad. the persians used animals encased in pearl roundels that faced away or towards each other, basically mirroring, so instead of half-dropping or having a 5-star pattern, morris had mirrored designs. he also used favoured ottoman flowers (carnations, tulips, hyacinths...) so i incorporated those. also the background is a satin/damask time with a traditional ottoman cintamani design, fashioned in the shape of a half-bricked ogee. i threw in a couple mythical senmurvs aswell, for good measure.
the quality of the photos isnt so great but i didnt want to upload fullsize tif files, because it would probably take like 5 years.
so here you go. im gonna attempt to clean my apartment. emphasis on attempt.
Larkspur
Trellis
Blackthorn
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