My 'Culture' project seems to be coming along better now. I have been struggling with it for a while, but since visiting the mosque i have managed to get some first hand drawings! At the moment i am looking at what is inside the mosque in dundee. There were only a few brightly coloured items within it so i am exploring the prayer beads and the Qur'an. The Qur'an is relavant to architecture as architects often took parts from the Qur'an for the walls of the interior and exterior of mosques. The calligraphy was so beautifully written that the writing itself was used to create pattern on the walls.
I am also now exploring the colours in the islamic culture. The more i find out about the culture the more i want to know.. it is a very interesting subject to research and the colours within the mosques are very inspiring, especially within textiles as colour is a key aspect.
Experimenting with felt today was exciting. It was interesting to see the technique used to bind the felt together as i had been taught a different way previoulsy. I think it will be a good surface to work into once felted, and will be fun to explore in more detail, aswel as seeing different colours blended together.
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