I'd been chatting with Kirsten about my first blog on FoF and I suddenly thought about the old story of how do creatives get inspiration - how do they refresh, renew, revive and go forward? As a practicing designer of many many years and a lecturer in art and design it's been an ongoing adventure leading me in lots of different directions.
Websites like Folksy and the web itself are full of visually interesting stimuli. I tend to avoid my specialism for inspiration as I think, for me, it's really important to go outwith my disciplines. It gives me an opportunity to look differently at what I see. My training doesn't kick in so I don't start to analyze what I'm looking at - I get the chance to absorb the simplicity and colour of polished wood, beautiful textures, pattern and shapes, atmosphere in a well taken photograph or sharp black and white.
Perhaps some of these inspirational items below will take you in a different direction or just give you the idea to go off and investigate absolutely nothing to do with your specialist area. So come on knitters go off and look at some wonderful graphic design and all you painters out there, why not take a look at mixed media or fashion! You'll be surprised at what might happen!
8 comments:
Some truly inspiring things here! What an interesting blog post. Thanks so much for including my wood and pearl earrings in the selection :-)
Alison x
Love this, Jay! What a brilliant selection, with beautiful lines, colours and sheer exuberance! I completely understand why you found all of these and more so inspiring! Welcome to the team :)
Love the chair! Great article.
Brilliant post and selections. I love love love the guinea fowl cushion - The farm nearby has some and they occasionally escape and come into my garden, such funny birds!
Thanks so much for your comments - they're much appreciated especially as it's my first blog on FoF! Good luck to you all - Jay x
Thanks for featuring my Bike-Collage in this very cool post. these are awesome pictures that make such a beautiful mosaic of colours...You are so right, sometimes all we need is to look in a different direction for inspiration...Your blog inspired me, please keep on posting :), Dee x
Love this post,thank you so much for featuring a pair of my shoes,I too have been much inspired by many things around me,hoping we all keep up the good work!!!
Great selection! I covet that chair! Thanks for featuring my wood engraving too. :-)
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