This week I have spent a lot of time developing the imagery on my work. I have been looking back at historic patterning to see how to manipulate my patterns. Some styles which I am working from include tessellation, symmetrical patterning, stenciling and paper cutting. All which have been done throughout history.
AND...I found a website from which kids (and I) can create tessellations!
http://illuminations.nctm.org
In addition to working out some of the imagery i have had the challenge
of figuring out how to adapt them to a 3-d form. i have been trying
all sorts of different ways to work this out. this week i had a semi
breakthrough while working at the start up incubator. In Photoshop they
now have the 3-d tools which allow one to work with a shape that appears
3-d. I was able to insert my pattern onto the shape and manipulate it
to see what it would look like placed on the form. The tools still have
there limitations/or I have not fully figured out the capabilities of
the software. I was only able to work with the basic shapes like a sphere
and cone. My hope is that at some point I will be capable of creating
the patterns on the 3-d forms, or even import my shapes of my pots so
that I may manipulate the patterning before I approach the real surface.
Maybe after making the manipulations on the computer I can print out
the flattened Birdseye view and translate that to my work. Hopefully it
will eventually make the process of patterning on the work quicker and
less tedious.
here are some of the transfers that have taken place! I am loving and hating the development of the symmetrical nature of these pieces. I am forging ahead and seeing what they look like.This round of glazing is acting as information as to how my glazes work together and also how they withstand some of the detail work I enjoy bringing into my work.
