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| This looks like a cop-out........but it what I have been playing with today (well, this afternoon, after a morning spent buying "back to school stuff" with Tim, and a pub lunch).
Aren't these tiles stunning? The originals are actually in the floor behind the retrochoir of Winchester Cathedral and date from the 13th century. Every time I see them, I am thrilled by the designs and the design potential of using them in all sorts of projects, from carved rubber stamps, to fabric stencils, to actual flooring. And that is what I have used them for this afternoon. I have scanned the postcard image onto my computer and printed the repeated images out onto card. They make a wonderful miniature floor, and are now in the process of gracing the market hall under my Tudor house (yes, another one!). I still need to varnish them to make them look like real terracotta encautic tiles, but I reckon they work very nicely and make something unique for this building. Now for some mini tradesmen and women - I need to to decide on who the stallholders will be! Does anyone have any suggestions? Journal prompt. There are patterns all around us. Look around you now and see what motifs you notice. A printed tablecloth? The edging of a roof? A carved chair back? The cover of a book? A piece of fruit sliced in half? Can you sketch the pattern, extracting its essence, and use it to make a stencil or a rubber carving, with which you can edge a journal page? Write about the importance of pattern in your life - not just the visual kind, but the living kind. Do you notice patterns of living that you follow? Is there a pattern to your day? Do you need a pattern to follow - or would you prefer to live without one? Visually, is pattern important to you?. As an exercise, take your journal to a cafe or market square, and make a list of the patterns that you see around you. Draw them simply in your journal, and write your text around them. |