Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Sites for Breadth 10

In your sketchbook, you need to draw 20 patterns, motifs, symbols and lettering from the cultures you identify with.

Here are some sites to check out:


Information on Filipino Embroidery, read about Draped in Silk: The Journey of the Manton de Manila


Indonesian Batik

Japanese Shibori

Mexican Textiles

Information on traditional Vietnamese clothing-with examples of patterns
More info on Vietnamese clothing
Hmong/Vietnamese Quilts

Yemeni textiles
Another example of Yemeni textiles

Of course, you may want to go to google images and search there, as well as creativecommons.org and search using words like textiles, ceramics, patterns, motifs and embroidery.

You may also want to check out the Victoria and Albert Museum as well!