In-Depth Project: Abstraction of the form

Based on the color we received in class from the method of choosing a color from picking a number out of four. It lead my group to have to top section of the chair because we were given the color pink. With the cropped top section of my chair I created an abstraction of the form with inspiration from Piet Mondrian's paintings of the "De Stijl" style.

With the design I created which was influenced from the Norwegian/Swedish pattern type called "Rosemaling", incorporated the pattern to the canvas using Mulberry paper and wove yarn in circular movement using yellow, green, blue red, and violet. I wanted to depict abstraction using color. When I was planning how I was going to communicate my concept on the canvas I thought about I how I wanted the yarn to link together to form an abstraction of intersecting colors.


This was the first time I have worked with yarn before and used it on a canvas, incorporated Mulberry paper in a project before. I enjoyed the process itself from planning out my concept in my sketchbook to sewing the yarn within the canvas to and drawing the pattern on the Mulberry paper.

Topic #2: Pattern and Ornament Small Work #2 Chair Design

       From the furniture section of the pattern book " A handbook of Ornament" I chose a chair pattern that best communicated my personality. I chose the chair pattern "Stool",below in the center of the photo, chair pattern figure: eight/image plate: two hundred forty seven.

      I chose this chair pattern because even with its simple frame and a lower stool height it provides an appealing yet attractive feature to it due to the curvature of the legs and the fabric laced over. The stool is petite but is still functional as a chair to sit on. This stool reminds me of when I am getting ready to go out to an event as I sit applying my makeup in front of my vanity mirror.