Dawn Dupree

Another artist whose use of colour is important in their work is Dawn Dupree, a textile designer. I like the choice of subdued, muted tones in this piece because it gives a quiet, reflective and quite nostalgic atmosphere. But again there are some spots of warm colour to help balance and lift it. I think this shows that it is important to include both warm and cool colours in a colour palette. I also like this choice of colours because it reminds me of traditional Chinese painting, as well as the prominence of the red sun.

Photo edits

 I used one of the photos I took at the weekend and tried out different edits of it to make it look bright and surreal.. Sort of inspired by Timorous Beasties. I like how they turned out because they are very colourful, striking and magical looking. I feel like they could be used as a starting point for some textile or wallpaper design.

Timorous Beasties Wallpaper and Textile Design

 I really love the designs by Timorous Beasties because I think they give a modern twist on old fashioned designs. For example this one is very reminiscent of Toile de Jouy and willow pattern but features scenes from the modern city of London including futuristic buildings like the Gherkin. This makes a very fun and interesting effect.

This one reminds me of Victorian floral wallpaper but the use of acid bright colours and a slightly more disordered design also makes it look modern and different. I think the colour palette has been very carefully considered as the colours all complement each other nicely.

Weekend Work

Over the weekend I decided to develop the themes that I had collected in a collage as part of the scavenger hunt by using them as a basis for a fabric design. Here are some of the pages from my sketchbook (sorry for the really terrible picture quality)~

 My original collage. My general idea when making this was to find yellow things and interesting type, as well as anything else that interested me. I was carrying on with the theme of bananas that I had already been exploring. A lot of the images came from fashion magazines which gave me the idea of creating some patterns for use in a fashion context.

 My initial designs based on the collage.

 I arranged my images into a repeating pattern and experimented with different colour-ways and effects on Photoshop.

I then used some of my ideas on some clothing designs. I quite like how these have turned out because they are very bold, fun and vibrant.