Inspiration..

Within my own work I've interpreted this by playing around with the amount of extra warp I have, position, arrangement, colour and dying techniques as well as placement of colour on the extra warp and ground cloth.

The other aspect that inspired me about Ptolemy Mann's work is that it covers the complete spectrum of interior design from cushions to lampshades to rugs to throws, but also includes gallery work and many shows she has exhibited at. I really do admire her composition and appreciate the fact that her work while minutely planned does have a look of happening by accident to some extent. A Ptolemy Mann collection seems chaotic yet structured - arrangement of her pieces are diverse and experimental and shouldn't really work but they really do.
Ptolemy's proportions of colour are very specifically placed while by contrast the samples that I completed were fairly accidental but her inspiration is clear.

 This then prompted me to look at many different surfaces; distressed surfaces showing many depths of texture; flaking paint revealing colourful under layers; cracks in pavements showing shadows of colour  and tile surfaces that included shape and colour, all three types of surfaces so very different but with much in common.
 

 
















As I started with a rustic surface looking closely at anything that was distressed in some way, I moved that forward by looking at the photographs of Welter seven Star whose website and photographs shows the close up of a 3D created surfaces - the majority of these are in fairly bland and one dimensional colours but they have a luminescence and texture that appealed to me. I felt I could translate this into my own work - my spin is to add the colour explosion and to adopt a third dimension.

 

Finally finishing my surface research looking at more cultural and vibrant surfaces such as floors, tiling and interior closely focusing on morocco as my main influence. Three very different types of surfaces that all have the potential of similar qualities, this is exactly what I will be exploring.