Royal Armouries Visit
Before this visit to the Royal Armories Museum, I was apprehensive in how I was going to link my work inspired by Entomology with an aspect of that museum.
However, after today I am extremely happy with the connection I have been able to make, and intrigued how I can explore work inspired by this new link.
Before this visit I had started focusing specifically on the butterfly's wing. This started off with colors and patterns of the wings, and has now started to also focus on the structure and quality of the actual wings property.
This included looking at how the wing is made of layers of different structures of different qualities on top of each other. These structures in turn enables the butterfly to have the qualities to thrive in the environment they need to survive in.
Looking around the museum, I realised that this idea of the butterfly's wing structure has comparisons to armour. The way that the butterfly's different structures build up to protect this fragile thing from dying, seems to lend itself well to the structures of breastplates, chain mail and helmets.
These designs at first seem simple through repetition and geometric shapes. However, upon further focus, you can see the complexity of how armour had been structured and combined together to create maximum protection.
This link therefore lead me to focus on creating drawing which focus upon how these structures are built up, and how they work well with other structures in unison- alongside or layered on top of each other.
This focus enabled me to create interesting drawings which will provide a good starting point on how I can combine an idea of a butterfly's wing structure with armour, and I will use these drawings to start creating samples.
However, after today I am extremely happy with the connection I have been able to make, and intrigued how I can explore work inspired by this new link.
Before this visit I had started focusing specifically on the butterfly's wing. This started off with colors and patterns of the wings, and has now started to also focus on the structure and quality of the actual wings property.
This included looking at how the wing is made of layers of different structures of different qualities on top of each other. These structures in turn enables the butterfly to have the qualities to thrive in the environment they need to survive in.
Looking around the museum, I realised that this idea of the butterfly's wing structure has comparisons to armour. The way that the butterfly's different structures build up to protect this fragile thing from dying, seems to lend itself well to the structures of breastplates, chain mail and helmets.
These designs at first seem simple through repetition and geometric shapes. However, upon further focus, you can see the complexity of how armour had been structured and combined together to create maximum protection.
This link therefore lead me to focus on creating drawing which focus upon how these structures are built up, and how they work well with other structures in unison- alongside or layered on top of each other.
This focus enabled me to create interesting drawings which will provide a good starting point on how I can combine an idea of a butterfly's wing structure with armour, and I will use these drawings to start creating samples.
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