Inspiration: Laura McCafferty

Laura McCafferty is inspirational similar to Tori Murphy due the fine black lines highlighting shape within their work and with their shared interest in interior objects.

I am particularly interested in Lauras work due to the large scale machine embroidery illustrations that have slightly more character due to the print choices that make it more personal to the user. This is something I am interested in doing within my work- to try to depict the personality of the user within that interior environment through the use of print and pattern. These of which I can then use within my own large scale textile illustrations to highlight the importance of objects and build up a visual collection of character.

Inspiration: Tori murphy

Tori murphy is an illustrator and I found her work on 'WGSN's sister website : 'homebuildlife' and have fallen in love and it has given me some of the best initial ideas that suit both my style and ideas. She works within the interior and focuses on still life (something I am very much focusing on throughout my dissertation and the idea of bringing objects alive through print)
She has beautifully photographed houses in a creative way…

From these thoughtful compositions she has translated these further into her illustrations which I absolutely love and can see these as stitch, and have the thought of starting my initial ideas of as stitch drawings that can later be framed within my degree show.

I feel very much motivated to start my project off well. As previously I have not connected with my work as much as I would have liked to have done. This already has a strong personal connection with myself as a person and that is what my work is all about - the connection between objects and the viewer, so to have my work connect with me through inspiration strongly supports this.

How do you gather inspiration?It could be while having a cup of coffee and simply appreciating the silhouette or glaze of a mug, or spending time in a hotel and observing how people interact with the furniture - I like to see the personality in objects and scenes.  Interiors magazines and books are constant sources of new ideas and stores like Liberty and 10 Corso Como always inspire me to see how beautiful things can be. Most of all though, I am a true believer that our environments are an extension of our personalities and by seeking out inspiring people, you will find inspiring things around them.

http://www.wgsn.com/content/report/Trend_Analysis/HBL/2011/November/tori_murphy_stylelifestyle.html

By Lucy Hayes, WGSN, 18 November 2011

Colour

My colours needed to be worked on so although I'm keeping the same colour palette from last time I'm injecting some fresher colours in to make the colors seem brighter !

Orange

Turquoise-

Pale green -

China blue- 

Bright pink to inject character- 

Candy pink to layer and add contrast-

Yellow to compliment the blue and make the colour go pop!

These are secondary colour inspirations however my colours have been established from popular objects around the houses I am looking into.different tones and shades will alter in dyeing and printing process due to creating a colour way for each fabric length to show the flexibility of the designs.

Molly hatch

I Really like how Molly has used a geometric background in a similar shade to the floral paintings. It brings the flowers to the foreground and makes them come alive.

These organic compositions really interest me visually due to being made up of a variety of scales and circles to create an overall image. Marks from the drawings have been established an used as a background.

Again composition ally I am interested in looking at this further. The smaller plates are more dense in detail therefore allowing the eye to move up to the main floral image. Where it almost takes Oma delicate structure. 

I noticed the lid where the flowers have been painted on in block colours and then layered with a linear detailed line. I am going to take my marks from my flower drawings to layer up and create organic compositions to move away from my rigid geometric compositors from last project.

Marrimekko

Compositional mark making on a large scale is something I focused on in BA7 although I stuck quite rigidly to a geometric composition, with the use of block organic shapes it breaks up compositions and lines and makes the pattern flow much more easily.

 The amount of detail that has been subjected to this repeat is incredible, the drawing has been done to a high quality so it makes the repeat really effective - this is an idea I want to bring into my work, having high quality drawing I can scan in and play with on large scales.

 These screens are very exciting on the eye to me. It contrasts patterns of stripes and organic shapes with bright colours that accentuate one another. This is something I would be very interested in doing within my project.

Although the shapes are formed in a geometric structure, the colours allow your eye to move in and out of the patterns and shapes so that the colours are standing out. I admire the use of marks to create the patterns and textures.

Marrimekko is visually inspirational for my ba8 project; it focuses on placement of large scale motifs in bright vivid colours. They incorporate patterns into everyday objects and compose them in organic arrangements layered on top of each other to make a colourful collage of exciting imagery. Marrimekko mainly uses heavyweight cotton for the interior products as these allow the colours to pop and the materials to be practical in durability.

Book Love: Collier Campbell Archive - 50 years of passion in pattern

I love this book, visually it is very inspiring due to its brightness in colour, range of drawings and compositions. the intricate floral drawings mixed with abstract shapes; it has a matisse feel to some of the pattern work, either way i LOVE IT!
This is going to kick start my BA8 project.