Three images starting the from the Source project ....
I always used to say to myself when designing, go back to the source. The original techniques, inspirations, references.
With this project I'm looking at the source of my personal inspirations. Starting with the blank page, the minimal, the rural environment where I am, looking to the fibre sources in my locality, the source of what made me want to become a designer. It won't be binary, it will be my usual both, and And, look at ALL this but with some tight restrictions.
These three images start .... I'll share other references later.
A white flowering hyacinth bulb. Gifted by a great friend and boy did it bring hope this miserable wet winter.
I love the waxy structure of the hyacinth flowers and love white. They remind me of those delicate vintage flower crowns from the 1920s / 30s.
A Depressed River Mussel Shell. Gifted by the river Otters and found in field by the river bank here in Somerset. These are rare and I usually only find one or two a year walking along, usually just the one side of the shell.
I love how 'depressed' they look on the outside, all grubby and dull from the mud, but inside they shimmer with pearlescent iridescence. One of the coolest things and only found by Otters.
Pike Fish Scales. Sparkly, iridescent, shiny. I found hundreds of these discarded on the river bank one sunny winters day. It was like a mermaid had been dragged out of the river and all these shimmering scales were strewn across the field. A large pike and the otters catch. Nature, the source was such a gift and just as I was feeling uninspired it appeared right beneath my feet!
