Nanami Maeda

Talking colour

As soon as I started exploring London for this task, I realised how full of colours the city is. Even in the station, I found a lot of colours, all of which I had never paid attention to before. This experience brought me to think about how important colour is in our lives. It could be symbols or signals and make things more straightforward. For example, we all recognise the red circle as an indication of the central line. I had not been aware of how colour provides us with a lot of information and messages. When I was drawing, I thought about how I could provide information and visualise my message through colour. For instance, I used brighter and soft colours when I wanted to create a warm atmosphere in a piece of work. To finish the drawings, I often added dark colours, such as black. I felt black was useful since it brings contrast to the drawings and makes vague objects more vivid. Colour combination is another interesting theme for me to focus on.

Talking Pattern

For this theme, I started working on the task by using different mediums and drawing styles in order to connect the drawings to textile patterns. Looking at things at the surface level inspired me a lot, I simply zoomed in on the pictures I had taken when I drew. It was interesting to draw abstractly by observing the details of the objects’ surfaces. As I finished the drawings, I observed their features to think about how I could develop them into textile patterns. For example, when I drew two same drawings but finished them with different colours and combined them by collaging, I could create patterns from them. It was easy to cut things out and combine them or just change the colours or the background images when I used digital tools. I enjoyed the process of experimenting and seeing how the original drawings would turn into totally different pieces from such experimentations. I enjoyed playing with my drawings and testing how the outcomes can vary.