research on the headscarf - artists

ikea trip

Me...

I have been looking at a variety of cultures and I realized   that this was too broad and it needed to be narrowed down.  After I visited a few galleries and Exhibitions I noticed something they were all linked with one culture , the African textile show was only Africa and the Japanese Ceramic Exhibition was just on the Japanese culture, so  it came to me that why not represent my cultures and backgrounds through patterns. The Traditional Eastern patterns are something that has already been seen and I wanted  to create something different and fresh so I thought of the idea to re create Eastern patterns to fit in with the times of now in a western society through digital manipulation.

Arabic Henna Design

Burmese Umbrellas

Arabic prayer mat

Turkish handmade ceramic plates

Turkish rug

Traditional Turkish Plate

Arabic Calligraphy

Chai- Tea

Blue Mosque Istanbul

The Evil Eye Bead

Turkish Lamps.

Indian Spices

Prayer beads

Masalas - spices

Indian Fabrics

Turkish rug in my house

Hookah.

Decorative Mats(they usually all over the house)

Middle Eastern Jewelry

Market

BUILDING UP THE STUDIO SPACE

Exploring with African patterns , I created a painting with wax and paint and then step and repeated it in Photoshop...my first repeated surface pattern. 

Paintings I did exploring with stenciling, spray painting ,collage and wax resistant paint..These first painting were influenced by African culture and Japanese culture

Experimenting with different techniques and creating different textures , sponge printing spray painting using dollies and using black backgrounds with bright colours..

Building up research..

The Irony - Vivienne Westwood

My dissertation is on 'How and Why ethics are avoided in Fashion? as I was researching on child labour I came across the fashion show Vivienne Westwood did  in Africa which I found very ironic, high end fashion garments being photographed in a poor village in Africa. The two are very different rich vs poor. Another thing which is quite interesting is how the fashion world use extra thin models that don't look far off from the starving children in Africa. Representation of cultures through fashion and patterns.