Inspirational Textures

In order to get my final collection flowing I recently visited London to collection some inspirational texture.

 marbled texture at National History Museum 

love the reflective surface and marbled, blended colours captured.

Photograph in the National History Museum

Love the use of bold blend colours almost like shibori.

Marbled contrasting surface in the National History Museum.

Multiple colours built up from small speckles of colour - National History Museum 

Textured surface on a building in London, simple decorative pattern through two colour ways

Interesting texture on a building in London, love the depth of the repeated pattern

Simple Geometric print made from wood in the V&A museum 

Bottom of the table made from shaped metal, entwines and reflects off each other

chair made from weaved contrasting black and white fabric. Love the creased texture 

Dinosaur fossil in the V&A museum distorted build up texture 

Dinosaur fossil in the V&A museum, interesting textured surface, three dimensional 

Dinosaur fossil in the V&A museum 

Beaded textures surface in the V&A museum love the build up of embellishment in order to capture a three dimensional surface something to consider in my own collection 

Embellished fabric surface in the V&A museum small repeated pattern with build up texture 

Simple repeated metallic pattern created in a metal surface V&A museum 

Interesting Architecture in the underground, repeated pattern 

Mosaic on the floor on the V&A museum, looking at how small geometric shapes can be used to create a pattern on a large scale.

simple repeated pattern on the stairs at the V&A museum

Modern architecture through furnishing at the V&A museum, wood table, particularly like the loose curved shape in the wood grain and leg of the table

Metal sculpture at the V&A museum 

Polystyrene chair - simple repeated pattern stretched out and distorted 

reflective surface caught 

modern furniture created with unique materials

glass sculptured chair, 

modern furniture 

embellished costume of a inspired by dancers, heavily embellished with multiple colours 

embellished gown, bright vibrant colours 

Looking at these texture has inspired me to think of ways in which I can recreate these through various textile techniques. For my final collection I am interested in specialising in textiles and developing my textiles skills ready for my final collection.