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Patterns in Culture

We will look at a range of patterns for this task from historical to cultural. For example, William Morris’ wall paper designs and Islamic ceramic tiles. Pattern has a large part to play in architecture, decorative culture, creating texture and making different associations and mood. This task aims to broaden your cultural awareness, learn basic steps on illustrator and test your ability to analyse details in order to reference other designers work in your own.

Examples of Pattern

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Islamic Tiles
Moroccan Tiles
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Willow Patterns
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William Morris
Pakistani-American artist Anila Quayyum Agha uses light and cast shadow to transform Rice Gallery into a sacred space of her own making that is open to all. “Intersections” is inspired by Agha’s seminal experience of exclusion as a woman from Mosques, a space of community and creativity, while growing up in Pakistan. The wooden frieze emulates a pattern from the Alhambra, a palace where Islamic and Western discourses met and co-existed in harmony, and serves as a metaphor of union.
AnilaAgha.com.

Your Task:

Compulsory criteria:
  • Images with dot points analysing cultural patterns
  • Evidence of experimentation with shapes and shape combinations
  • Final pattern printed on A3 paper
  • Evaluation Min. 100 words.
Process:
  1. Choose a culture or art movement to research. What sort of patterns do they create? Collect examples and make notes about the type of shapes, colours, lines, etc. that are being used.
  2. Brainstorm different types of shapes and experiment making new ones. These should refer to your chosen culture or art movement. For example, does your culture use bold geometric shapes or organic curved ones?
  3. In Illustrator make these shapes and experiment them (you can scan in drawn images). Use black and white to begin, you can rotate, layer, combine, change the scale etc. At this point experiment and problem solve.
  4. Now start to experiment with the colour of your different shapes that should be overlapping each other in areas. Reference the colours of your chosen culture or art movement.​

Steps for making a complex shape:

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5. Once you are happy with your shape combination, copy and paste, aligning the shapes next to each other to form a pattern. Consider the negative space between your chosen shape, can this add to your pattern?
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6. Write an evaluation outlining how successful you were in referencing your chosen culture or art movement. Min. 100 words.
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Structure for Evaluation

Title: Your chosen culture or art movement?
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  1. Does the design you have made reflect your intentions mentioned in the research paper? Did you deviate from these initial thoughts?

  2. Do you think your design is successful in reflecting your chosen culture? Why?
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  3. How could you improve your design or the design process used? (Remembering there is always room for improvement even when we are happy with what we've made.)
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  • Home
  • Yr 8
    • Art Elements >
      • Colour
      • Line and Texture
      • Shape and Tone
      • Positive and Negative Space
      • Space Using Perspective
    • Aboriginal Art
    • Introduction to Design >
      • Photoshop: Low Poly
      • Photoshop: Double Exposure
    • Graphic on a Product
    • Asian Art
    • Homework
  • Yr 9
    • 9 Art >
      • Homework
      • Art Talk
      • Arts Analysis
      • Drawing Techniques
      • Abstract Artwork
      • Surreal Photoshop Skills
      • Graffiti Tags
      • Aboriginal Map
      • Paint Blob Creatures
      • Notan
      • Landscape Painting
      • Day of the Dead >
        • Extension Task
      • Observational Drawing
    • 9 Design >
      • Homework
      • Patterns in Culture
      • Imagemaking >
        • Techniques and Mediums
      • Typography
      • Inspirational Posters
      • Graphic: Logo Design >
        • Illustrator Techniques
      • Product: The Ramen Experience
      • Product: Shoe Design
      • Colour and Brand Identity
      • Design Talk
  • Yr 10
    • 10 Art >
      • Mark Making Portrait >
        • Extension Task
      • Mandala Installations
      • Art Analysis
      • Composition
      • Photography
      • Stocking Sculpture
      • Media Experiments
      • Texture Vessels
      • Making Art History >
        • Art Movements and Periods
      • Homework
    • 10 Design >
      • Graphic: Music Poster >
        • CD Cover Folio Student Example 1
        • CD Cover Folio Student Example 2
        • Typography Poster Illustrator
      • Typography
      • Graphic: Timeline Poster
      • Product: Chair Design
      • Environmental: Architecture Part 1
      • Environmental: Architecture Part 2
  • Yr 11
    • Art: Contemporary Landscapes >
      • Folio
      • Practical
      • Arts Analysis
    • Art: Portraiture >
      • Folio
      • Practical
      • Arts Analysis
    • Design: The Van
  • Yr 12
    • Visual Study
    • Folio
    • Practical
  • Glossaries
    • Art Glossary
    • Design Glossary
    • The Big List of Artists
    • Art and Design Games
    • Advanced Colour Mixing
    • Useful Websites
  • Videos to watch