floral and Star merged Patterns

It is really very easy to procrastinate. I have 1000 words due in a few hours and instead of writing I have been doing all sorts of other things this weekend. Mostly related to the project but some of them, like de-cluttering the PC and my email were defiantly pure obsessive procrastination. on a different note, the project related procrastination was a pure joy! I had been thinking of merging my floral motif tiles with geometric star pattern ones and this is what happened:

and I wondered if these are just too intricate to trace with the 3doodler … so I tried it out:

I am fairly happy with the outcome. Perhaps once I have money (not in the near future!) I shall update to 3doodler 2.0. The plastic extruding consistency i hear is better and i could really use that.

Star& Paisley – narratives of the cement tile

I’m thinking for a hash-tag for my tiles… something simple but obvious. perhaps then I can encourage people to take a picture and hash-tag it; see where it goes…

For now they fall into #patterntile #pattern #cement #3doodle #3doodler

The patterns are made with a 3d printing pen, 3doodler and embedded in cement. the pen and the materials are an absolute joy to work with!

feetfie narratives…

Tiles . Pattern . Surface

 

 

Where is the narrative in the pattern? Is it in the experiments that are conducted?

I don’t think so. The experiments are just experiment, the narrative is in its beauty. The hand drawn patterns; each similar, each unique. The beauty is in the mistake, Its in the dialogue between plastic and cement.

As part of my MA research, I have been exploring patterns, ornamentation and handmade craftsmanship through a series of tiles. I had planned to have a dedicated blog for the Masters but nearly half the year is gone and there is no separate blog to add this.

scraping of the surface

patterns 3doodled

scraping of the surface

islamic star pattern

tiles after drying for a while

“kutubkhana” – A reading pavillion

Project page attached:

“kutubkhana” – A reading pavillion.

Waiting at the park

Waiting at the frere hall park again. The exhibition is nearing….
Should post pictures of that when its put up.

Today at “open door design studio”

Today, I got a chance, to meet one of my very dear old friend, Reja. Since Indus (university) ended I saw her only once on my birthday in 2012. So I was very excited to meet her and her very adorable 15 month old son. Unfortunately, since I was too busy playing with the baby and her I did not sit and draw them.
When she left for home, I had time to kill and I drew my other friends as they discussed the possibility of a future trip.

Waiting for someone with a key.

Im not very proud of this sketch. I didn’t have enough time to capture the space. So when I started inking it felt a little bare.
If I was still in office I could go out and check. But I’m home.
The colors aren’t going great either. I think I shd invest in a nice grey marker.
On a separate note sharpie moves very fluidly! Gotta love them sharpies. They shd have a gray scale range!

I tried recoloring on sketchbook for windows app. not sure if this is better.

Studying drawings

Monday blues

Its Monday; I’m having a bit of a headache. Too lazy to make some coffee or have medicine.

Made with Bamboo Paper

Sent from Surface