I am very intersted in textile prints and therefore for this project I will be producing many of my own prints. My main research will be based on Pop Art, Optical Art and physchadelic patterns. I will also be looking at Islamic designs and calligraphy and I hope to get inspiration from this research to create some striking prints and interesting garment designs.

Tuesday, 4 December 2007

Islamic Designs, part 2

As I have spent a large part of my life living in Qatar I have always been interested in Islamic designs found in that part of the world, such as the geometric shapes used in Islamic architecture and the beautiful, elongated shapes of Islamic and Arabic calligraphy. For this reason, I continued my research and collected images of different Islamic designs showing the many geometric shapes that can be observed in most architecture found in the Middle East. I think these beautiful designs provide a building with great characteristics of culture and tradition. Below are some of the images from my book of research.