Cultivating Connections

 Super Size Me....

Decorative

Large Permeable

Dense Layered

Repetition & Variation

 
 

Research on growth


I saw a documentary on fractal geometry and the Mandelbrot set.  These amazing forms and colours were composed by a mathematical formula that repeats infinitely.  These fractal patterns occur in nature as well.

Fractal Geometry Mandelbrot Set

Arial view of Siberia

Broccoli

Recomposition

 

Now for reflection on the drawing process and how my ideas of growth have allowed me to discover new possibilities for using the multiples.   Not coming from an formal art background, I found the process quiet foreign and difficult.  I found myself once again frozen with fear.  In the past, my designs have evolved from inspiration from a realistic  basis.  I can see the value of a design process not reliant purely on inspiration.  The process allows for an unexpected outcome that would be difficult to achieve otherwise.  It requires a high degree of abandoning preconceived notions of outcome which I found difficult to do.



  

Flinders Lane Tourist

Being a Melbournian I probably take Flinders Lane and all it's little alley ways that lead off it for granted.  This project was interesting because it made me stop a look at the small details that makes the area really special.  The things that caught my eye were the rows of cafe heater in Degraves St. looking like some kind of urban forest.  I sat at a cafe sketching and watching the crowds of people scuttling by.  I wasn't so much aware of their faces, I more interested by their colour and movement.