#pseudo-victorian

[mxsirel]

Just a simple shirt, trying to make its way in the universe.

Made this blue linen shirt last year, modifying a Victorian era men's shirt pattern to look (and feel) a bit more Star Warsy. It's become one of my favourite shirts since then, even with the impractically long sleeves that will fully cover my hands if left to their own devices and not rolled up like they should be.

[arabelios]

Further progress on the Eames Project. Putting research of pattern designs into practice. I wanted to create something that would have something of the Victorian era to the shapes and feel of the design, but did not copy previously existing images. Decided to experiment with organic lines inspired by nature (twisting stems, leafs). Played with abstraction. As per my research, was looking at how 50s pattern design abstracted natural shapes into geometry. Wanted to apply a similar process, but to prioritise the ‘muddle’ element in my images, rather than the more architectural approach of the 50s.

The original design was hand-drawn; I applied the colours digitally. My aim was to get a sense of how the pattern would work in colour - a rough preview of sorts. The colours themselves (albeit more subdued) are a reference to the Mondrian palette featured on the exterior of the Eames’ house. I was curious to see how limiting myself to a primary palette like this would affect the way the design was read (it turns it into something bizarre, unnatural; the plant shapes are still dimly recognisable, but the colours manage to abstract it even further. Am reminded of Hockney’s landscapes: trees in bright blue, deep-purple skies). 

Perhaps this is the way to bring my two keywords (‘Eames’ + ‘muddle’) into a contemporary context - through colour, through abstraction, through reinterpretation of past motifs into something fresh and modern.   

[theoddmentemporium]

Pseudo-Victorian anthropomorphism from You Animal, You by Charlotte Cory. MORE.